- Linux: Lots of support from a lot of big players, including IBM and Oracle. Should be a player for at least a few more years.
- Windows: It's hard not to hate it, but it does the job quite well these days.
- Solaris: Nice OS, but do you buy Sparc, x86-32 or x86-64. Also, where do SUN really see Solaris going in the next few years. All of a sudden Solaris x86 is hot, but it wasn't so long ago they ditched it as a bad job. They would rather sell Sparc if the market would let them, so how commited are they to x86 really?
- HP-UX: Nice OS, but HP-UX on PA-RISK is on its way out, like TRU64. HP talk about HP-UX on Itanium, but if they had their way we would all be using Linux so they could get out of the game. I don't believe they are really commited to an OS anymore.
- AIX: Seems to be having an upturn of late, but IBM are pushing Linux heavily, so what's their real plan?
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