Jaqui, I feel the same way you do, but it does depend on the organization's circumstances. For a small/mid-sized company that needs a windoze administrator anyway, it may make sense to use windows servers if they don't have to hire an additional unix administrator, and some organizations can also afford more down-time than others. The availabilty of unix people also varies geographically, and some people are simply afraid of unix. (I'm a fan of unix, but see both sides.)