Sharing Applications

• Unix currently has a market lock on serving applications
• Access to a Unix host through any LAN (Local Area Network) or WAN (Wide Area Network) network connection means can tap into all its services
• Windows NT-not inherently a multiuser system-still lacks the native ability to share graphical applications across network connections, a failure that also makes it harder to do remote administration - One of NTs most serious shortcomings
• Both OSes support remote procedure calls (RPC)
• Both OSes support object-sharing standards - though NT could have an edge as Microsoft creates the standards
• Sun also working on new object sharing standards via CORBA
• Until Microsoft rounds out its network application and object services, however, Unix is the better overall application server