Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix
Microsoft DID sell a re-branded Unix. On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Chris Albertson <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, I'm writing this on an iMac. I'm a long time BSD Unix user going > back to about 1980. > > Now, FINALLY we can say the UNIX and Linux are the most commonly used OSes > in the wold as one of those runs on most phones. Linux is in Androids and > a unix varient is on iPhones and Macs > > I remember going to a talk by Bill Gates, this was in the pre-Windows ears > when his main product was MS-DOS. He said that he would make DOS more and > more unix-like as PC hardware grew in power. At that time he did not > understand what an OS was and they UNIX was just the shell, and worked like > DOS. It was was an amusing speak he was completely ignorant about OS > design. But he was the exec not the engineer so he did not have to know. > Still Had Windows not surprised them Gates would have done have Apple > (and Sun and man others) did and simply sold a re-branded UNIX. What much > better off we'd all have been > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Mark C. Stephens <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi Chris, > > > > > > The Mac OS X user base is also growing rapidly, with many preferring the > X > > desktop to Winders. > > And, under the hood is BSD unix (sort of).. And there is MkLinux if you > > don't like OS X.. > > > > >> It depends of it you want to be the kind of ham who understands radios > > and can build and design them > > >> or the kind who would have never remove the cover off his commercial > > built radio. > > >> Linux is the best OS for developers and those who like to build gear. > > >> Windows is better for the "appliance user" crowd. > > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
