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IBM Calls Linux "Logical Successor" To AIX

Posted by timothy on from the in-line-with-recent-events dept.

pknoll writes "Though it probably won't happen soon, IBM is talking about Linux eventually replacing AIX. The article at Globe Technology states there are IBM folks working on 'chips for 2007' systems, and the viewpoint projected is described as 'multidecade,' but it's an interesting view into the future of IBM and Linux."

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  1. Why X? by soorma_bhopali · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why was UNIX named "UNIX"? Why do all the subsequent clones have *IX in their names? Is LINUX = Linus + uNIX ?

    1. Re:Why X? by umofomia · · Score: 1, Offtopic
      Why was UNIX named "UNIX"?
      The name, UNIX, was coined by Brian Kernighan and was a pun on the name of another operating system, Multics (an expensive operating system that couldn't support multiple users, as opposed to UNIX, which was cheap and supported multiple users).