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Well actually, Linus Torvalds wrote Linux some time after Microsoft halted sales of the Microsoft version of Unix, then called Microsoft Xenix.
Microsoft Xenix:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix
Yes, Microsoft used to market it's own version of Unix to the world. Microsoft did not create Unix, nor did IBM. Though IBM also has sold and continues to sell it's own version of Unix called AIX. AIX is very proprietary and there are people (actually, a LOT of people) who have difficulty characterizing AIX as Unix.
In the unlikely event any purists ever read this, yes, I know Unix is actually a specification, not an operating system.
What else can I help you with?
What is the name of one operating system?
There are different types of operating systems. The most popular ones are Microsoft Windows and Linux which is an open- source operating system.
What operating system is used on laptops?
Linux, Android, Apple, Microsoft.
What can not be considered to be network operating system?
UNIX, Microsoft Windows, and Linux ARE network operating systems.
Is linux part Microsoft?
The Linux kernel and the many off-shoot operating system distributions (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and so on) are classed as open source and have nothing to do with Microsoft.
What does it mean when a hard drive is mounted in a Linux operating system?
Linux is an operating system much like Microsoft Windows is. What mounting on this system mean is an additional filesystem was attached to the existing filesystem.
What are the example of operating system?
Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, the list is huge!
What is a Linux CD?
It is a CD the has some form of Linux, an operating system for your computer (Microsoft Windows is an operating system). There are CDs of Linux that are just used to install Linux, or there are LiveCDs that you just put in and reboot. Linux will be running without effecting the rest of the computer.
What kind of operating system in business use for running computer applications?
There are 3: Linux, Microsoft Windows, or Mac OS. Linux has a lot of operating systems under it.
What is the difference between Microsoft Office Excel and Linux?
Microsoft Word is a word processor. Linux is a family of operating systems.
Is Seven and Ubuntu an example of a window and a Linux operating system respectively?
Yes. Windows 7 is a system distribution in the Windows family built around Microsoft's proprietary NT operating system. Ubuntu is also one of many Linux distributions built around the open source Linux operating system.
Is Linux similar to or different from Microsoft?
Linux is an operating system kernel. Microsoft is a software company that amongst other things produces operating systems. They are totally different things.Linux is not a corporation, it is an open source kernel. Microsoft is a corporation that produces computer software, mostly closed-source. Linux is maintained and developed by volunteers at the Linux Foundation.
Is Linux a operating system?
Yes. Linux is a computer operating system.
