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Unix is no longer a single operating system, and as such no single company makes it. Historically, Unix was created by AT&T. Nowadays, operating system collectively referred to as "Unix" are created by companies such as Sun (Solaris), Hewlett-Packard (HP-UX), IBM (AIX), and Apple (Mac OS X).
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What Os for server applications?
I could be linux, unix, windows flavour depending upon the the natuire of applicationan and environment.
What covers the window?
Macintosh is based upon Unix, so when you compare the 2, you are comparing a type of unix and windows. Unix is generally thought of as safer and less susceptible to attack by viruses.
What does the C language have to do with the success of Linux?
Very little. C is a very common language to write operating systems in.
Which operating system is relied upon heavily in business and home use?
the most reliable operating system for buiness is unix , following is Linux and windows. but it is not suite for home use,because most of unix operating system does not have a graphics user interface , windows is more popular among individuals, following is mac osx.
What are difference between unix and windows?
Windows in an operating system developed by Microsoft, which owns the patents upon which Widows is based. Widows is the grand-product of DOS, developed by Mr. Gates. Unix is an operating system developed by AT&T and many other companies. Some parts are typewritten or patented, but the main kinds of Unix are open source.
What sort of software is windows?
Windows is a family of operating systems. Linux is a kernel upon which operating systems are built.
Is Linux more secure than Unix?
Even in the early days when Linux first came out, it was often commented upon how much faster it was than traditional Unix systems. For many tasks, Linux simply performs better. There are some situations that Linux still has not been optimized for, though, so Unix systems are used to do the "heavy" lifting.
Are Windows Vista and Windows 7 the same?
No. Windows 7 is based upon Windows Vista but includes new features, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.
Which operating system is best at avoiding viruses spam and spyware?
Windows, Mac and Linux Solaris but it depends upon the using of Operating system And antivirus.
When was UNIX rewritten in C?
C was invented in order to write UNIX. At least some parts of UNIX were written in B (which was repalced by C) but you pretty much have to say UNIX was originally written in C. ~ NEW ANSWER - I didn't feel the need to delete the other answer as it may be true to a point. Unix was rewritten in C in 1973. This was Unix's fourth Edition. The first edition came out in 1957. ~Andrew York ----------------------------------------------- The "very" first version of what we know as Unix today was written in 1969 at Bell Labs in, if I recall correctly, Murray Hill, New Jersey. It was written by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Joe Ossana and Douglas McIlroy among others. "Unix" grew out of a previous project known as Multics. The primary goals of the Multics project were sound but it was felt, by some, that it's implementation was flawed in Multics so Bell Labs gradually withdrew from the project and decided to retain the goals of Multics but start essentially from scratch with a new operating system design. Thus was born Unix. AT&T and Bell Labs also created the 'C' programming language, though you are correct that the earliest incarnations of 'Unix' were not written in what we know as 'C' today. The C programming language was preceded by both the A and B languages, though, if memory serves me correctly, the B language was an interpreter, without compiler output to media. Unix, and more often Linux today, continues to serve in many roles. Windows NT, Microsoft's second 'Server' operating system, was written and compiled on NEC Unix workstations in the 1990s. Prior to that Microsoft marketed the Xenix operating system as their sole server operating system. Xenix was a 16 bit version of Unix developed by the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO). Unfortunately, in 1957, hardware architectures were not really capable of running anything that would be recognizable as any form of Unix today. Today, Linux continues to raise the bar with every kernel release and remains the defining standard for Unix like operating systems. Most super computers run Linux today and Linux runs the vast majority of Web sites the world over, along with other excellent Open Source systems such as Apache and Nginx, MySQL and PHP (often referred to as LAMP). This elaboration upon Unix history would be incomplete (if not fatally flawed) without mention of the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds. All of us in the IT industry today owe a great debt to Linus Torvalds for his vision and absolute dedication to quality, reliability and security embodied in the Linux kernel as well as the efforts of RMS (Richard M. Stallman) for the work of GNU (Gnu's Not Unix) which, combined with the Linux kernel, comprises in whole or part, nearly every Linux distribution in existance today. Well known examples of Unix/Linux would include such machines as IBM's Deep Blue Chess computer which beat World Chess Champion Gary Kasparov running IBM's proprietary verson of Unix called AIX and IBM's Watson which defeated two Jeopardy World Champions running SUSE Enterprise Linux version 11. Many well known companies also run Linux such as the Google search engine which operates almost entirely on the Linux operating system. JMH
How does a Linux computer look like?
Linux doesn't look like anything. It is a kernel upon which complete operating systems can be built. Each Linux operating system, known as a "distro", has its own unique appearance. Some of them are pretty spectacular and make mainstream OSes look like muck. Some look like gibberish spewed out of a teletype machine. Linux has this way of being just what you want, or, sometimes, almost-but-not-quite what you want. If you're not paying attention, it can even manifest itself as what you deserve. Linux is mutable.
How can you reinstall Windows after installing ubuntu?
If you're installing it in a dual-boot system, you must have ample space left over. Additionally it's recommended you install Windows first, then the Linux distribution of your choice because Windows will overwrite the MBR with its bootloader and it will not recognize any Linux partitions (however, you can reinstall the bootloader if you pop in a live CD/USB later). If you're replacing Linux with Windows, use the partitioner of your choice in a live CD/USB and delete all the partitions (or just wipe by zeroing the disk) and start the Windows installer upon reboot.
