It might eventually happen the other way.... (Score 1)

As a contractor I have dealt with a few companies of not small size.

A vast amount of users use windows at home or in their past jobs. They almost invariably believe that they would prefer to be using Windows. One major reason is becouse they feel that they can 'control' windows. With its fonts and screen colors. Whereas Unix is 'unfreindly'.(We all know this should be falshood if the admin is worth his salt)

Some of these companies that use Unix primarily, both as servers and workstations, select there IT members based upon there abilties. But they also decide whether these would be IT's would 'give the party line' (Unix) or whether the prospective employe think the company should do something diferent. Like Netware or NT, in which case they are not hired.

I see this as evidence that the people in control wish thier technical crew to preach the party line no matter what it might might be.

Becouse Unix is, at the moment, on the defensive this means this is very important to Unix biased IT departments.

In the future, I believe that it may well be the NT biased departments that may well be on the defensive and holding tooth and nail to thier NT boxes and banishing anyone who speaks heresy.

Or maybe that is what we are already seeing......