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No, Unix is not a proprietary operating system. It is an open-source operating system developed in the 1970s by AT&T. Unix was designed to be a portable, multi-tasking, and multi-user operating system and is still widely used today.
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Why is Linux develop?
To create a Free OS like the UNIX Operating System, They wanted to create a system that was like UNIX without all of the intellectual property issues that UNIX had. (UNIX was proprietary software).
Is UNIX a operating system?
Yes. UNIX is a computer operating system.
Is HP-UX an open-source operating system?
No, HP-UX is the commercial distribution of Unix from HP. It is proprietary and not open source.
Is Unix system software?
Yes, Unix is system software. It is a kind of operating system.
Was linex operating system used before the unix system?
Unix came first; Linux is a clone of the Unix Operating System.
Are all versions of UNIX non-proprietary operating systems?
Almost all Unix systems are proprietary; they are not open source, and you usually only get the binary modules, not the source code.
What is the difference between Sun Solaris and OpenSolaris?
Windows XP is a proprietary operating system from Microsoft while Solaris is a highly scalable UNIX operating system from Sun Microsystems. Solaris runs on SPARC-based and x86-based hardware. Although Solaris was originally developed as proprietary software most of it is now open source and can be downloaded for free.
Is UNIX considered to be a network operating system?
In the legal sense, no. Unix is an operating system and has the components of an NOS (Network Operating System) but it not considered just a network operating system.
Difference between unix and windows?
unix is a multiuser operating system but widows is a single user operating system.
Is UNIX used primarily with mainframes as a network operating system?
No. Licensed Unix implementations are a proprietary flexible general purpose operating system originally marketed for minicomputers and mid-range computers to support multiple users and tasks. When Personal Computers became available, versions of Unix were created for them. Unix was also implemented for the IBM mainframe. This is not the same as Linux which is an open source free system with many of the same capabilities and look & feel of unix but without the licensing requirement of unix.
Is unix owned by apple computers?
No. Unix is a operating system that was developed by Bell Labs, now owned by Alcatel-Lucent - which spawned a whole family of Unix-like and Unix-based systems (e.g. the Linux kernel, BSD, and Solaris). Mac OS X is based on and has roots from proprietary modifications of BSD (a "flavor" of Unix-like operating systems) called Darwin.
What is concurrency in Unix?
the unix is a form of group in operating system
