>>>>> Ulrich Windl writes:

> These days, support makes $$$, not hardware, not software. As UNIX
> systems work most of the time, there's little potential in
> support. MS-Windows systems however can be ruined quite easily and
> it's not obvious what caused the problem. There you can make a good
> support deal. That's why companies like MS-Windows that much. I
> guess.

But MS-Windows is a much simpler environment than UNIX and, therefore,
requires less support.  Besides, there are so many MSCEs out there
that companies don't need to buy support -- they just hire someone to
handle it for them.  Therefore, companies doing support are less
likely to get big contracts from MS-Windows systems...

> No-one can be fired because he decided to use MS-products...

Not yet...  ;-)

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David Masterson                dmaster AT synopsys DOT com
Sr. R&D Engineer               Synopsys, Inc.
Software Engineering           Sunnyvale, CA

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