Open Letter to CBM
07-Oct-91 08:16:14
Sb: #14953-Open Letter to CBM
Fm: Jeff Schweiger 74236,1645
To: Gary Dunlap 76672,1610
Gary –
I guess I work at a government installation that doesn't reflect your
statistics. For multi-user systems, we are probably 90% Unix, even the DEC
equipment (I know of a microvax running VMS, but the other DEC equipment
I've seen is using Ultrix or 4.3BSD). Even our IBM plug compatible
mainframe (Amdahl) is slated to have Unix installed on it. And there are
PC compatibles and Mac's around running versions of Unix. Unix is now
being used in desktop tactical workstations aboard Navy ships.
While I don't doubt that there are many government facilities using
operating systems other than Unix, Unix is now a major player in
government, and is likely to remain that way.
Jeff Schweiger