I doubt it. Microsoft's Unix services appear to be BSD-based. They did buy AT&T licenses early on and more recently paid SCO (or so we're told) for rights to use certain Unix (or Linux?) components. Of course they may choose later to get a refund from SCO if their purchase was for nothing! But that should not concern us if they want to waste their money. The multi-user environment used by NT/2k/XP appears to still use VMS style scheduling, so no, I don't think it has anything to do with Unix. Not yet anyway.
Also Unix was not the first multi-user OS around 20+ years ago. Multi-user has been around in various guises since the 1960's. - Jill. -----Original Message----- From: Nicholas Tomlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 9 February 2004 8:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] copyright breaches - multi user platforms Hell sluggers.. I note all this affray to do with SCOs claims for breach of copyright by IBM and like Co�s and their imagined inclusion of code in Linux. How do we know they aren�t affiliated with m$ Is anybody going Microsoft for copying the Unix multi user environment with their NT, 2000 server and XP platforms?? I know Unix was first at it, 20 plus years ago when I was at Uni... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
