Linux isn't a certified Unix system, and some say it definitely isn't Unix. The key question for a business is if a commercial Unix flavor is enough like Linux that you can make an easy transition ...

Setting aside legal issues afflicting the word, Unix is neither a brand nor a particular product: it is a set of ideas - implemented differently by the people behind Linux, the BSDs and Solaris, ...

Linux continues to gain market share, but not at Windows' expense. Despite current perceptions, Linux is actually more of a threat to its progenitor, Unix.

Second, to say that Linux could not stand on its own with UNIX is false. There isn’t any UNIX to remove from Linux. If your point is that Linux resembles UNIX, well, yes it does.

While UNIX laid the groundwork for modern operating systems, Linux harnessed the potential of open-source philosophy to democratize software development. As we navigate an increasingly complex digital ...

Linux International executive office Jon 'maddog' Hall told iTnews. However, Unix vendors argue that the needs of large-scale enterprise users haven't yet been met by Linux.

It's hard to pin down exactly how popular Linux is on the web, but according to a study by W3Techs, Unix and Unix-like operating systems power about 67 percent of all web servers.

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Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie at a PDP-11. Peter Hamer [CC BY-SA 2.0] Last week the computing world celebrated an important anniversary: the UNIX operating system turned 50 years old. What was ...

“That’s a potential exposure a company will face if they implement Linux themselves, as opposed to Windows, or a proprietary Unix,” says Andi Mann, senior analyst at Enterprise Management ...