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February 14, 2021 12:09 am

Did Linux Kill Commercial Unix?

When Dave McKay first used computers, punched paper tape was in vogue, "and he has been programming ever since," according to his biography page at How-To Geek. It adds that "His use of computers pre-dates the birth of the PC and the public release of Unix." Now long-time Slashdot reader sbinning shares McKay's "short history of UNIX and how Linux got its start," which ultimately asks if commercial Unix was killed by Linux:Unix is still out there, running mission-critical systems that are functioning correctly, and operating stably. That'll continue until the support for the applications, operating systems or hardware platform ceases. If something's genuinely mission-critical and it's working, you leave it working. I suspect someone, somewhere, will always be running a commercial UNIX or Unix-like operating system. But for new installs? There are enough variations of Linux to make the case to go for a commercial Unix very, very difficult.

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