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* An original [Unix], such as HP-UX, AIX, SCO-Unix, etc
* A [Sun] varient [SunOS] or [Solaris]
* SiliconGraphics [Irix]
* Or even one of the many MacOS versions such as [MacOSX]
+* There are still a few old [VAX]s and [Alpha]s out there running [VMS]
There are many more listen in the CategoryOperatingSystem wiki, and for help with all the acronyms, check there.
Many others are undoubtly available to the persistent user, or someone may have been brave enough to have written their own[2].
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system," he said.
"Not so," said the programmer, "when designing an accounting package,
the programmer operates as a mediator between people having different ideas:
how it must operate, how its reports must appear, and how it must conform to
- the tax laws. By contrast, an operating system is not limited my
outside
+ the tax laws. By contrast, an operating system is not limited by
outside
appearances. When designing an operating system, the programmer seeks the
simplest harmony between machine and ideas. This is why an operating system
is easier to design."
The warlord of Wu nodded and smiled. "That is all good and well, but
