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Because it is in business to make money. Why should they give away their Operating System for nothing? Windows works well and makes them a lot of money.
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Did IBM contract with Microsoft to make the Linux Operating System?
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.
Is Linux ownwd by Microsoft?
Heavens no! Microsoft is actually a pretty vocal opponent to Linux adoption, as it seriously threatens their market share. The Linux trademark is own by its creator, Linus Torvalds, and the Linux kernel itself is under dozens, if not hundreds, of copyrights to hundreds of holders.
What is the relationship between Microsoft and Linux?
Microsoft and Linux have no direct relationship. Microsoft has frequently attacked the reliability and cost effectiveness of Linux in order to promote their own Windows Server products. They do not release any software for Linux directly, but have made several "deals" with various commercial Linux vendors, such as Novell, Xandros, and Linspire, to license Windows media codecs.
Does Microsoft have their own version of questions and answers?
Yes. It is specifically for Microsoft products, See the related link below.
Is Linux programming code owned by Microsoft?
No. Copyrights to pieces of the kernel belong to the programmers who made them. While Microsoft does ironically have a copyright on a couple of the modules, it does not own all of the code.
In 1996 Microsoft Corporation introduced its own version of JavaScript called?
JScript
Will Linux become a serious competitor to windows?
Linux already is a serious competitor to Windows, especially in markets outside of the desktop. Linux fully dominates over Windows on servers, mobile, routers, embedded, and supercomputing markets. Some are even believing Linux is fast becoming the industry standard operating system in these markets because of how readily it can be made to work. On the desktop, Linux is alsoa threat to Windows market share, by Microsoft's own admission. Look up the Halloween Documents, which are a series of leaked memos by someone high up in Microsoft addressing Linux as Microsoft's largest credible threat.
Is Linux part of Unix or it is an advanced version of Unix?
It's neither. Linux is its own family of operating systems. It is modeled after Unix and shares many design goals, but it is not completely inter-operable. Also, to be legally called a "version of Unix", an operating system must go through a rigorous and expensive certification test, which no Linux distro has currently done. No. Linux is not an *anything* Unix.
Are unix hosting and Linux hosting the same?
Linux hosting and Unix hosting are not exactly the same thing. Linux hosting and Unix hosting refer to the software operating system employed by the servers of the host. The primary communication being made when a server is described as Unix or Linux is that it is not a Microsoft product. Unix comes in several proprietary versions, Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) and AT&T are two well known commercial versions of Unix. They own and control intellectual property associated with Unix. Linux is a nonproprietary version of Unix. There are many flavors of this. All are "open source." The intellectual property is controlled by one of the various open source models, GPL being the most well know. If a person says they have a Unix server, they may or may not mean the proprietary version of Unix. For many people, unix is a generic reference and can mean Unix or Linux. If a person says they have a Linux server, then it is a Linux operating system. It may be one of over a hundred different types of Linux, but it is based on an open source version of Unix. Note that it is possible to co-mingle the proprietary and nonproprietary versions of Unix, but this is not typically a matter of concern unless you are an expert or unless you are using Apple's version of "open source" Linux. Apple's version works pretty much like open source Linux, mostly, sometimes.
Is there multilanguage support featured on almost any version of Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11?
No! It was featured on Microsoft Windows 95, and later on other versions of Microsoft Windows (particularly Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows XP). This feature was later used on any form of online services like Microsoft's own Internet Explorer on almost any version of Microsoft Windows.
What is the latest version of Linux Mint?
There is no one "current Linux operating system" due to the fact that Linux is developed and distributed in various forms by many different individuals and corporations. The current version of Linux depends on which of these "distributions" you are interested in installing. For example, a popular distribution of Linux tailored for use as a Desktop system is Ubuntu (www.ubuntu.com), which is distributed by the company Canonical. The current release of Ubuntu is 8.04, which was released in April this year. There are literally hundreds of distributions freely available online, but other distributions which are of note in the desktop arena include Fedora (www.fedoraproject.org), openSUSE (www.opensuse.org) and Debian (www.debian.org), each of which have their own advantages and disadvantages. Each distribution has its own release schedule, but you can find out what the current version is (and download it) from the official websites.
Where can one download a check register template?
One can download a check register template from Microsoft's website. The template requires one to own a version of Microsoft Excel 2003 or later on his or her computer.
