Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:18:07 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: johnmxl@radiks.net Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Just Imagine.. Message-ID: <39CA972F.BFFAB715@acuson.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10009211101380.337-100000@mlduke.concentric.net> <39CA949C.B1627A8A@radiks.net>
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John Amdor III wrote: > > I thought Microsoft already tried UNIX...wasn't SCO Unix originally part > of the Microsoft empire? Originally, Microsoft had Xenix, and SCO had another Unix, but SCO ended up with Xenix as well, though I don't think it was through Microsoft directly. However, I do recall a deal where Microsoft sold something to SCO with the agreement that Microsoft would not enter the Unix market. So Microsoft can't sell a Unix. I believe that it was at this time that they began working on NT, to be a Unix compatible alternative. It was SCO's acquiring of Xenix that locked up the small-end Unix market until the popularization of Linux. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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