[H-GEN] Press article on UNIX vertical applications (fwd)

[Mark J. Suter]

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On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Robert Brockway forwarded for Lea Eldridge:

> I'm interested in finding out about the cool, interesting and (dare I say
> it?) quirky vertical apps popping up in UNIX these days.  We want to get
> away from trad banking/finance and telco apps and more into the technology
> that would surprise non-UNIXers if they knew it was UNIX running beneath
> hood. 
> 
> I have a fairly short deadline and would need to speak with someone (phone
> or email) in the next couple of days.  I hope you or one of your HUMBUG
> colleagues might be able to help. 

First off, Lea, feel free to email or phone me if you wish any further
detail or if you just wish to chat.

There is a fairly comprehensive listing of "cool sites" running Unix
at the "NT4 vs Unix" page.  Specifically, the following link should
give you a fair bit of info.

    http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/kirch/#bigguys

This may not be exactly what you want, but another good thing to
mention would be Samba.  It's not possible to replace a NT box with
Unix+Samba and still have all the MS networking features.  Have a
look at the Samba 2.0 Press release or browse the main site.

    http://au1.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/samba2.0.press.html
    http://au1.samba.org/samba/samba.html

Of local interest, the new Ipswich campus of the University of
Queensland, for which I work, employs Samba to satisfy its Windows
desktop needs.  Of course, Samba is Australian - well Tasmanian -
so anything to do with Samba is local[1].

[1] "Yes sir, I realize that example.com is in Outer Mongolia, but
because example.com runs Samba, an Australian package, the story
is local!"

Yours sincerely,

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