Hello. I have a scenario. Suppose I am recommending to management either of these packages to implement for our network. I would like to know the pros and cons of each. This is what I think I know so far. Please correct me if I have anything in the wrong place and add anything that may be helpful. UNIX Pros: Supports multi-users, cheaper or free package, multitasking, faster processing speeds. Cons: Steep learning curve, less software support, smaller userbase. WINDOWS NT Pros: Easier to use, multitasking, more software support, bigger userbase, classic Windows interface. Cons: No multi-user support, more expensive package, slower processing speeds.

First of all I´m administrating a Network with NT clients and now I´m learning linux cause of changing the os. So I have experience with NT and know the problems. From (unix based ) Linux only theory and testing, but no practise. Sorry. here some NT cons: no usb support no fire wire support no Support from Microsoft for NT any more. problems with new Chipsets. (they can be really big) unix: for unix you have to check which applications you need. for the user it is not more difficult to use then NT. Also windows desktops available. The Admins have to do more "homework" to learn unix. pro: if you only need office applications open office is fine. It can what microsoft office can. The admins have much more possibilitis then with windows. con: no autocad... no Adobe Products. hope this helps a little. greetings uli

I think UNIX doesn't have a user interface...that's what my cousin says, but Linux is very good!! I have tried it before... And I also tried WinNT4 before, and it's like Win95, but with more things... El-Trucha

Have you considered Windows 2003 Server? WinNT is not a good way to go now. As mentioned in previous post, there is no more support.

WINDOWS 2003 SERVER SUX!!! I ordered the demo from Microsoft last year, and it doesn't have NOTHING!!! NOT EVEN PAINT!!!!! El-Trucha

Windows NT does have (limited) Multiuser capabilities. UNIX has plenty of software. Commercial UNIXes do have UIs (although ugly) and Linux has some quite nice ones. But in a server context, there are lots of servers and they're all *free*. No CALs, no server licencing. Web, Mail, News, IRC, Proxies, File and Print, the lot. (my contribution: free SOCKS: http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~malsmith/products/antinat/ ) - M