People don't throw out technology for no reason.

For the same reason Ascend wanted Stratus' technology, Lucent is also interested,

The trend in the technology sector has been very, very heavily weighted on the downside, and until there's some reason to make it stop we're not going to be seeing anything different.

Overall, the size of the Unix installed base appears to be flattening because of slowing unit volume growth and recent migration efforts within the worldwide Unix installed base. On a unit basis, Windows becomes the top migration platform overall, with 45 percent of these migrating footprints. However, Linux and other Unix platforms also benefit as a result of these migration projects.

There's an emphasis on standardization.

Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.