UNIX/Linux vs Windows

Yesterday, I showed my Final Year Project, a Java application to my supervisor. We had some discussions upon which he asked me to execute the application in other platforms besides Windows. After all, Java is a multiplatform language. Therefore, he, being a full Prof and an Ir now, gave me the privillege to use a powerful 4 processors (MIPS) machines, under the Irix operating systems (a kind of Unix), 2Gigs of memory (imagine!) to run my application! It is a whole different thingy! Compared to Windows, truly Unix/Linux has a lot more to offer despite the lack of GUI or user friendliness. Thank you Dr. Selva for your kindness and interest on me to have a touch or two on the Tezro machine produced by Sillicon Graphics and also to have some experiences handling Unix/Linux OS. I appreciate a lot.. very grateful indeed! =) BTW, I have ported the applet version of my project to my website, if you have Java Run Time installed, you can try it here!