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On 31/07/2015 13:50, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 31/07/15 13:18, bert wrote:
In article , The Natural Philosopher
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On 31/07/15 11:18, John Rumm wrote:
(iii) In the server space, Unix won overwhelmingly.

True, but not really relevant to the consumer.

very relevant. It demonstrates that where stability and speed matter,
you don't pick windows


Don't most bank's cash machines run on XP?


Well exactly.

Stasbility and speed wasn't seen as a primary requirement



Yet they are almost always working and when they aren't its usually the
server that's down (running linux?).