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."

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Re:Uh huh

[evilviper]

It's just more diversified.

No, it's LESS diversified. Linux dominates. AIX is healthy. Solaris, and HP-UX are still alive but on life support. All the other formerly significant players are GONE.

Irix, Digital-Unix/Tru64, OpenVMS*, SCO OpenServer/Unixware/Xenix, SunOS, BSDi, Ultrix, QNX, NextStep, MINIX, etc.

They've all got so little market share as to be virtually nonexistent today.

HP-UX porting to Itanium put it on a roller-coaster ride to irrelevance. And Solaris won't be too far behind. AIX is kept afloat by IBM making damn good hardware, but it's been tough, and once the hardware falls behind, the OS will decline as well.

It's ALL going to Linux. I'm a fan of the BSDs myself, but Linux isn't a bad second-choice, and I look forward to having a lot more job openings ahead of me.