Microsoft's UNIX

delivi · Post by **delivi** » Sun May 20, 2007 8:11 am

Before Microsoft started its Windows OS developement there was a UNIX os by Microsoft jointly owned by Microsoft and AT&T.

This UNIX operating system was named as Microsoft Xenix, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix

This OS is now bought by SCO and called as SCO Unix.

So the software gaint has its roots in the UNIX, before it ventured out with its own OS Windows.

The Microsoft Xenix was the market leader during that time period, [Proof: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost...als+in+alliance]

So even that OS had rivals and hatered as the current Windows face.

Still microsoft has some links with linux.

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Post by **SHAdmin** » Sun May 20, 2007 11:52 am

Wow what a piece of information delivi!!

anish · Post by **anish** » Sat May 26, 2007 5:32 am

Hey what a nice information. I think Linux may be the some small brach of microsoft.

Tails5 · Post by **Tails5** » Sun May 27, 2007 11:04 pm

Indeed it could be, this is very interesting

sakhan · Post by **sakhan** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:04 am

nice information thanks for this hopes to get more informative post like this from you

Vista · Post by **Vista** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:29 pm

Nice info
thanx