On 02/06/18 16:51, Dan Cross wrote:

Also, on a less martial track, one of the things I vividly remember
about the NT introduction were the many dire predictions that this
spelled the imminent death of Unix. NT would sweep all before it into
the dustbin of evolutionary history and Microsoft would achieve total
world domination. It seems that Linux was the rebel alliance to that
galactic war, though. I'm curious what others thought of those
predictions: did they even get onto your radar?

I remember attending a Unix International meeting where the mood was one of fear and despondency.  I thought their attitude insane but the few I spoke with thought that NT would take over the world.  (I encountered the same at a satnav meeting.  Motorola's satellites were in orbit -- I forgot the name of the actual venture -- and MS had just paired with somebody to put their own satellites up.  Fear everywhere.)