Keep Moving. No Unix Here.

Posted by khess on May 6, 2010 8:56 AM EDT
DaniWeb; By Ken Hess
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Did you know that businesses don't use Unix anymore? I didn't either until I had an interesting dinner conversation with another computer professional. I need to get out more.

Earlier this evening, I had a conversation with a friend and colleague in the IT business. He runs his own independent computer consulting firm and we were trading war stories about customers, hardware vendors and work sharing. Work sharing, also known as "farming out" work that you can't do yourself due to your schedule, volume or lack of expertise. He shocked me when he made the statement that, "Not that many companies use Unix anymore." Huh? I must have looked as if someone wanted to purchase my firstborn when he said that because he emphatically repeated the statement.

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