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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" "only one of whatever Multics was supposed to be a lot of".
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)
+* [UNIX History | http://www.wards.net/~bill/humor/geek/unix-history.shtml] (humourous)
+* [POSIX]
+* WhyUnix
* JargonFile:UNIX
* JargonFile:Multics
* WikiPedia:UNIX
* WikiPedia:Multics
-
-UNIX was a registered trademark of [AT&T] (although this is now controlled by the XPG/X open people). 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" (because they are not officially licensed to use the UNIX® registered trademark).
-
-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)
-
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-Also see [ UNIX History | http://www.levenez.com/unix/ ], [POSIX] and WhyUnix.
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