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The last days of Unix

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The last days of Unix
Unix, the core server operating system in enterprise networks for decades, now finds itself in a slow, inexorable decline. IDC predicts that Unix server revenue will slide from $10.2 billion in 2012 to $8.7 billion in 2017, and Gartner sees Unix market share slipping from 16% in 2012 to 9% in 2017. Read More


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In their own words: Unix pioneers remember the good times
We caught up with the pioneers who brought us the Unix operating system and asked them to share some memories of the early days of Unix development. Read More

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