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(idea) by imago (1.6 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Tue Mar 28 2000 at 18:48:24

I can't decide if the habit of referring to Linux as if it weren't a unix OS is the fault of seperatist fanatical linux users, or a plot by Microsoft to make it appear that Windows NT has captured the server market.

Probably both. MSNBC reports that in 1999 NT had 38.1% of the server market, while Linux had 24.6% and unix 15.3%. Note that if you add the last two numbers, the result is greater than the NT percentage.


(idea) by JustSomeGuy (6.1 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Tue Mar 28 2000 at 18:55:56

UNIX is a trademark of either Unix System Laboratories or The Open Group, depending on whom you ask. (See The UNIX Trademark) Linux is not a Unix. It's a Unix-like OS.
Update: yerricde has pointed out to me that The Open Group objects to use of "unix" as a generic name for a type of operating system.

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