"We're in the storage business but have redefined it from mainframes to Unix and NT systems and increasingly to software, " says EMC Chief Executive Michael Ruettgers, 55.

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Overall, Hodges told LinuxWorldthat the NT and Unix versions were "very close" to being equivalent.

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Before, the company's Windows NT- and Unix-based data center and 100 users were at a separate Upper East Side site.

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With the overwhelming presence of the Windows platforms taking off, O'Reilly has added new titles such as The Whole Internet for Windows 95, Inside The Windows Registry and just recently a series of "Windows Annoyances" (ie Windows Annoyances, Office Annoyances, Word Annoyances) plus a complement to its UNIX series of NT books focusing on security and administration.

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The same clients who are purchasing NT-based servers for some client and application servers are sticking with Unix for business-critical applications, Yeates said.

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