We have much richer integration. It doesn't matter what you've got to integrate with in the customer environment mainframes, SANs, most of the different operating platforms. You can consolidate Windows and Unix, NFS and Appletalk, and connect any kind of SAN. This is all about making storage ubiquitous in enterprise environments so people don't have to worry about the cost of managing these things.
We ease integration and ISV support. That's why our market share has gone from 20 to 50 now and Linux hasn't gained share in the file and print space. Linux is not successful in file and print, and it's not successful in storage.
Of course, we can't take that for granted.
Byte and Switch: Does Microsoft support Linux in Storage Server? Can I use Storage Server to consolidate Linux servers, too?
Stevens: We have strong NFS support now, and we can consolidate data from Linux servers. Yes, we want to replace Linux, but we are realistic and know customers will continue to run it. Same with Netware that is by far the biggest installed base.
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