Laura DiDio, senior network operating system analyst at Giga Information Group in Boston, predicts both candidates will remain standing. They seem to think, 'There's not enough room in this town for the both of us,' but of course there is. Windows' market share will grow, but Unix will continue to hold its own. So you'll have to decide for yourself which operating system best meets your needs. But don't head to the polls unprepared.
Scalability is still issue number one.
Users start measuring response times not in seconds, but in cups of coffee. Unix still holds a significant lead in the transaction load it can handle before sending users out for a java break. Windows 2000 will be even more robust. The Win2000 umbrella includes many versions, with the high end being dubbed the DataCenter version. However, how those numbers will translate into concurrent-user support remains to be seen.