Thinking of what goes on in the mind of UberC0der really scares me! Great reply though. Regardless, on thing I would like to mention is that although Unix systems due tend to be the choice for web hosting (as opposed to IIS on M$) they are normally setup as being gateways or cheap alternatives to firewalls or low end routers. The protocols you are thinking of due not comprise of the internet. They are associated with things users do on the internet but to associate Unix as being the founder of protocols for the net is kinda vague. Routers such as Cisco are pretty much what makes the world go round as far as the internet goes. You cannot configure BGP or OSPF on a Unix box or a Microsoft box to be general about things. The last time I tried...configuring a dialogic system for telecom on BSD wasn't all that easy either. Companies and individuals will use what they see as being safe and a scalable solution. Even though Unix sometimes has more perks.....Microsoft will have the knowledge base and support to provide a "safer" choice to those that do put the thousands of dollars towards a solution.

Point of post: Until Unix manages to unify the different distributions and gain better software support as well as commercial support....it will tend to stay on the back burners as a professional solution to any company.

Cordially,

Sp1d3r