NT is basically OpenVMS. So it's about a decade more advanced than UNIX. Put like that, moving to UNIX would be a regression, but not a huge one. The Linux ke

NT is basically OpenVMS. So it's about a decade more advanced than UNIX. Put like that, moving to UNIX would be a regression, but not a huge one. The Linux kernel is of about the same vintage as NT, though. And it's had a lot more work and public review done on it.