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Clare Shepherd wrote: > Are Unix workstations still used, and if so what for. I know Linux is > a rewrite, but I'm sure the latest Unix distros must be used by > someone other than as servers for the internet etc. Just curious, > sorry to be so ignorant. > Clare > > Well when I was working at the scientific research lab about 5 years ago they were slowly moving over to Linux (RedHat 9 at the time) as it was cheaper to buy a reasonable spec desktop machine and dual boot with Windows XP or single boot RedHat than spend out for a Sun workstation. They had all sorts of different kit in the place ranging from Windows PCs to Macs to Sun workstations to Alphas. From what I understand they did have some old kit which would only work with Sun workstations but I think gradually things were either moving over to Linux, Java or Windows. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html