Unix Strengths
Scalability
	Proven to scale in very large environments
	Used on various hardware platforms, from workstations to supercomputers
Mature platform
	Forms of Unix have been in place for more than 20 years
	Offer s a variety of software, development toolkits and utilities
	Plenty of free software available-particularly Internet services
	Available on nearly every hardware platform (from PCs and RISC systems to mainframes)
Management
	Managed at a very low level through a character-based interface, making it easy to access all administrative functions remotely
	X Windows is network-enabled, letting any GUI utilities be accessed remotely
	Can be implemented in turnkey systems using simple GUI interfaces
Large-scale directory services
	Lacks a standard directory service, but products like NIS, NIS+ and DCE directory services integrate closely with the OS and offer Unix-specific schemas by default
NT / 2000 Strengths
Standardization
	Controlled by a single vendor (Microsoft)-all versions of NT share the same APIs and system calls
	Most NT applications are multithreaded
Multi Platform support
	Available on multiple platforms (x86 and Alpha)
	Standardized APIs mean that porting to another NT version means a simple recompilation
Strong ISV support
	Software vendors strongly support NT, resulting in a large software library
Administration
	Driven by relatively easy-to-use GUI utilities
	Standardized GUI
Client/Server
	Offers both a NOS and application server solution out of the box