Some funny MS Propaganda

[Robert Brockway]

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, JoeHill wrote:

> Oh, really? I think Unix is deployed on more machines than MS, is it
> not? Isn't it Unix that *runs the freaking internet*? LOL!

Depends on how you define unix :)  These days the Internet basically runs
on Cisco boxes.  Cisco's OS is called IOS and is infact a cut down version
of unix (BSD flavour I think).  I don't really think of it as a unix
anymore though as it is quite divergent.  Once apon a time before there
were dedicated routers almost all routing was done through unix boxes.

Incidentally, I believe the current almost universal reliance on Cisco
gear to route poses the same "single point of failure" threat that has
long been levelled at an MS dominated desktop.  The poor degree security
applied to many Cisco routers only makes the situation worse.

Unix certainly dominates the high end user market (I don't think any
currently existing MS-Windows box can be called high end because of
problems with scalability) and they are making inroads on the desktop
(slowly but surely).

Cheers,
	Rob

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