> The world revolved around Microsoft more and more, and Linux wasn't an alternative yet. There were a lot of unix alternatives to microsoft, just not as many

> The world revolved around Microsoft more and more, and Linux wasn't an alternative yet. There were a lot of unix alternatives to microsoft, just not as many on x86 hardware (which was still mostly bsd variants like Jolix.) SunOS/Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, AUX, OpenVMS, etc. In this period the x86 platform was not dominant and if you wanted real power you were using things like an Alpha or PowerPC CPU, with the Pentium Pro being mostly a server chip and the Pentium getting a bit long in the tooth through the mid-90s before the PII was released. The 90s were a pretty interesting time to be doing server development or sysadmin work.