Likewise, commercial versions of Unix can easily be made to talk to NT fileshares and printers, and NetWare can integrate with both NT and Unix. One bonus of the OS competition of recent years is that heterogeneous networking has become a reality. The future for Unix is rosy or, more accurately, the future for free Unix is. On the desktop, Linux will become a significant player, as it is rapidly becoming simple enough and sufficiently supported application-wise for this to be realistic, although Microsoft's current dominance is unlikely to be dented greatly in the next three years. In evolutionary terms it is always best to have a competitive environment, where competition is healthy.
Dominance leads to stagnation, which is ultimately bad.
Hence, it would be best if Unix became a bit more popular, but not much. I for one would miss batting the Microsoft supporters.