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The Steady Decline of Unix
stinkymountain writes "Unix, the core server operating system in enterprise networks for decades, now finds itself in a slow, inexorable decline, according to Network World. Jean Bozman, research vice president at IDC Enterprise Server Group, attributes the decline to platform migration issues; competition from Linux and Microsoft; more efficient hardware with more powerful processor cores; and the abundance of Unix-specific apps that can now also run on competitor's servers."
BSD confirmed Netcraft is dead.
morcego
Likewise, there has been an alarming drop in the number of people who use Kleenex when they blow their nose.
Have gnu, will travel.
Yeah, but that's just splitting hairs. If you factor in all the *nex's , people are blowing about the same amount. It's just more diversified.
"Reports of my decline have been greatly exaggerated."
-- UNIX
To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.
Apparently SCO UNIXware is still around, though I assume that it's more of an absurdist performance art piece with a couple of legacy customers than an actual operating system at this point.
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while some of the worlds largest organizations run Windows Server 2012.
Larger organizations can hide the TCO of an army of IT people better then small ones.
Have gnu, will travel.
server that costed upwards of 25K
"cost" works fine there. Please. I'm begging you.
If only it didn't require power and A/C, and if only it didn't require support. Power costs for one of these beasts is most likely all by itself more than it would cost to buy a modern replacement.
That's why we have OS X. It's powered by the users own sense of self importance.
It's Unix certified too.
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