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-A multi-user operating system. Based
on the earlier (1960's) operating system [Multics] ("MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service") which
BellLabs felt was getting bloated, so they wrote their own system called Unix, which was "Multics without the balls" (
or:
"only one of whatever Multics was supposed to be a lot of")
.
+A multi-user operating system based
on the earlier (1960's) operating system [Multics] ("MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service").
BellLabs felt [Multics]
was getting bloated, so they wrote their own system called [
Unix]
, which was "Multics without the balls" or "only one of whatever Multics was supposed to be a lot of".
+
+There is one important dichotomy in the [Unix] world: the [BSD]ish systems and the [SysV]ish systems
.
See also:
+* [UNIX] for the Trademark
+* Our OperatingSystem wiki page for a list of [Unix]-like ones
* [http://www.webopaedia.com/TERM/U/UNIX.html]
+* [The UNIX Time-Sharing System|http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/cacm.html]
+* [UNIX History | http://www.levenez.com/unix/] (serious) [1]
+* [UNIX History | http://www.wards.net/~bill/humor/geek/unix-history.shtml] (humourous)
+* [POSIX]
+* WhyUnix
* JargonFile:UNIX
* JargonFile:Multics
* WikiPedia:UNIX
* WikiPedia:Multics
-UNIX
is a registered trademark
of AT and T (although this has been sold now?). This
is why you might see some people refer to
the free systems (such as
[Linux
], and the [*BSD]s) as "unix-like" or "u*nix"
.
-
-Unix (or unix-like :) operating systems:
-
-* [AIX] (by [IBM])
-* [Darwin] (AppleCorporation)
-* Digital Unix ([DEC] acquired by Compaq) (became Tru64)
-* [FreeBSD] | [NetBSD] | [OpenBSD]
-* [HPUX] (HewlettPackard)
-* [Linux]
-* [SCO]
-* [SunOS] | [Solaris] (SunMicrosystems)
-* [Tru64] ([Compaq], which has merged with HewlettPackard)
-* [Ultrix]
-* [Xenix] (MicrosoftCorporation) (yes really)
-
+[1] There
is a must-see graph
of the mess that
is the history of
[Unix
] here
.
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-Also see [ UNIX History | http://www.levenez.com/unix/ ], [POSIX] and WhyUnix.
-
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