Notes from Wednesday's meeting

[mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)]

Rich Braun wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 RB> True, but this group will need to acquire certain resources
 RB> in order to continue attracting new members.

I agree with this.  I made the same point in a separate message.

 RB> A concern I have is that there is a concerted stampede
 RB> toward NT away from Unix by the corporate community.  If the
 RB> academic community joins this stampede, it may be very
 RB> difficult to maintain a Unix-focused user group in the
 RB> short-term future.

This is a self-perpetuating myth.  The sales of NT may not reach one million
copies this year, and estimates keep getting revised downward.  NT has what is
known as "mindshare," not market share.
 
-- Mike