It's still a goliath; but it's no longer a goliath that controls the entire system. We interface with 2 different Spa reservation systems written in Java, as well as a pharmacy POS written in Java. The locations they are in are big IT systems, and no one cares. The days when it's "windows or else" are gone. As for .Net: one of the widest-spread resort reservations systems is still in VFP. And of course our retail inventory management (everything from materials handling to requisitions to analytics, as well as all the usual stuff) is written in VFP. No one cares.

IOW, suddenly there's a lot of freedom out there.

>>>For sure - but Windows is not the goliath dominating all of IT any more.
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>Hmmm
>That might be true of gov't installations, but:
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>Just about every ATM in the US now uses windows.
>Every hotel in the US uses windows for reservations.
>Every POS station in the US now uses windows.
>Unfortunately, I spent some time in several US hospitals recently and every nurse and every MD is now working at a windows W/S.
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>Go to Staples, or any similar store and try to buy a laptop that does not have Windows installed.
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>I might not be a goliath, but it's all over the place.