The height of the UNIX wars was the Hamilton Group (OSF) vs Sun / AT&T. 1988.
Linux had no measurable effect on UNIX sales until perhaps 1998...
Hugh
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As I remember it, the only real war was the SCO lawsuit(s). That wasn't technical. It sure had a lot of FUD. IBM, which had AIX, was great in its support...Leave a comment:
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Sun was paying royalties for UNIX for each copy of Solaris. If I remember correctly, in this transaction they bought a license that eliminated all future...Leave a comment:
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If you invent a new term ("new UNIX wars"), you better define it so that I know what the heck you are talking about.
Since you...Leave a comment:
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Christensen's "The Innovator's Dilemma" is quite apt. This was a classic case of disruption (the term Chistensen made popular).
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That's actually quite wrong. It's mixing up different eras....Leave a comment:
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Linux came long after the UNIX wars. It was not a combatant....Leave a comment:
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dtrace? ZFS?...Leave a comment:
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Different eras, different stories.
The Linux crowd (including me) were gunning for Windows. But the actual victims were the commercial UNIX...Leave a comment:
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