I don't doubt the author is reliably recalling what happened but I do doubt that Microsoft would have ever released an enterprise product for *nix. This would h

I don't doubt the author is reliably recalling what happened but I do doubt that Microsoft would have ever released an enterprise product for *nix. This would have eventually had to be decided at the Gates level and I don't think he would have ever undermined Windows with a tacit admission that it could not meet every customer need.