UNIX
An influential operating system created in the Bell Laboratories of USA based phone giant AT&T in the early 70's. Initially created as a minimalist version of MULTICS, it was later in the decade marketed by AT&T as an "easier to use alternative" to common minicomputer operating systems, which became something of a running joke in the computer industry as even by then UNIX had become considerably more complex than the common minicomputer OS's.
The UNIX business was sold to the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) in 1995.
Operating systems based on UNIX
- AT&T UNIX
- SCO UNIX
- Xenix
UNIX clones
Links
- UNIX at the Open Group - The current owner of the UNIX tradmark and some of the code.