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The Steady Decline of Unix

Posted by samzenpus on from the slow-slide dept.

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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  1. They are still using Unix? by WarJolt · · Score: 0, Troll

    The real news is that Unix is still used in industry.

  2. Re:Uh huh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Switching from a serious platform to a limited Fisher Price(tm) My First Server(tm) whose only benefit is the ease of setting up some basic functions. Uh huh. Doesn't sound like a good idea.

    You got multiple choices that are not only better, but also similar to HP-UX enough that the migration cost is a tiny fraction of that for Windows.

    It is kind of fun to see Slashdot wannabees stuck in 1995, while some of the worlds largest organizations run Windows Server 2012.

  3. Re:Uh huh by noh8rz10 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's "OS X" not "OS-X". It's also not a "variant". It is Unix.

    a highly-modified closed-source BSD kernel is only reminiscent of unix.