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Unix Isn't Dead

Posted by timothy on from the way-out-of-premature-burial dept.

windows bios world writes: "Compaq, Sun, SGI, and IBM are releasing new machines running Unix. From cnet.com: 'Compaq has begun shipping test versions of a new line of AlphaServer Unix servers using the EV7 "Marvel" version of the company's Alpha processor. ... As expected, IBM released on Monday its p670, a 16-processor machine that's essentially a smaller version of Big Blue's top-end 32-processor p690 "Regatta" server introduced in late 2001.' Also, Sun teamed up with Sony to release video-on-demand servers." And of course, there's OS X.

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  1. The Question Isn't Whether UNIX is dead... by Spencerian · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but why Microsoft Windows considers itself really alive.

    Windows is a teenager--and a rude, aggressive, unpredictable one at that--compared to the various Unixen out there.

    To paraphrase "Dark Paladin" in a recent article about his Mac OS X conversion: Microsoft Windows is like your class president that didn't do shit. Linux is like a super-smart, sexy redhead girlfriend that's also a bit insane. Mac OS X is like the geeky girl at school who shed her braces and became a total hottie--and still wants to spend all her time hanging around with you.

    --
    Vos teneo officium eram periculosus ut vos recipero is.
  2. Unix is soooo hard... by ryanvm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone know of a website or anything that could perhaps show me the way out?