How far is UNIX?
Author: Badcoffee
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November 2004
The Alpha processor and Tru64 operating system are dead, HP-UX has also shortly of the world, and the days of AIX die far away?
In 2006, the development of HP's Alpha and PA-RISC CPUs will terminate, and it is replaced by HP and Intel.
Antan. HP's Angang strategy announced that HP-UX will soon be soon. Although HP transplants HP-UX to IA64 architecture,
To ensure that the old customers' applications continue to run on the future new Anteng server.
But everyone knows that HP's Angau strategy - Linux is the future master. No PA-RISC HP-UX, and no alpha
Tru64 is the same - no future.
As the most popular manufacturer of Linux, IBM
Will AIX?
The answer is: maybe, but at least recently. Because there are many open source software in AIX to have a lot of time to have
Function. However, IBM is constantly investing huge sums of money and strengthening research and development of Liunx. In IBM R & D Center, more than 200 projects
The teacher is working hard to do the same thing: let Linux and AIX are as powerful.
HP, IBM is on the member of the Linux kernel development group, firmly grasping the direction of Linux development, making it used.
I believe that one day, when Linux is strong enough, AIX will gradually go to die.
Solaris? Sun has declared to open Solaris open source, which may be the most wise choice.
There is reason to think that in addition to Windows, only the operating system of the open source can survive.
UNIX will be replaced by the Open's Unix. In fact, Linux is not Open UNIX?
Maybe in a day, you will find that only Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD remains left.
