In addition, Kahn said that Windows NT does not scale well enough yet to be suited for large enterprise applications. While these solutions eventually will have the horsepower needed for large applications, they are better suited for point solutions, he added. AMR's Gaughan agreed that Unix has the edge over Windows NT in the mainframe-alternative arena. NT has had trouble gaining mindshare there. When seeking a mainframe alternative, users must define what levels of failure are acceptable, Gaughan said.
Information is what's important here.
The means of processing it is less important than the information itself.