[Incorrigible]

Exactly. As much as many try to portray the advance of Linux as progress against Windows, the reality is that Linux is eating away at commercial UNIX and Sun Micro in particular.

Although it doesn't say, I presume the FAA's previous systems were of a commercial UNIX variety.

No love lost for Scott but I'm not sure this is a good thing.

[blowfish]

Well, RedHat is an American company providing software solutions in a competitive industry, as is Sun. If Red Hat can do the job better for less money...that's what capitalism is all about.

[Salo]

I think he's a jerk, and I won't be sorry not to hear of him anymore, but overall, he was good for Sun. I guess.

No love lost for Scott but I'm not sure this is a good thing.

[zeugma]

Although it doesn't say, I presume the FAA's previous systems were of a commercial UNIX variety.

From what I understand of the FAA infrastructure, chances are whatever was being replaced predates unix, probably by decades :-) 

[N3WBI3]

Unix is getting eaten away at both ends 15 years ago MS did not have an OS you would run an enterprise database. All this talk about how Linux and Linux alone is ignoring this question..

What was Windows Server Footprint in 1996? Ten Years ago MS IIS had 5% of the web server market, today IIS is running at about 33%. I am relatively certain that you will see similar behavior for Mail Servers, DNS Servers, and the like. All this talk about how Only Linux is hurting Unix is a joke..

[bvw]

Mostly AIX.