Unix

Unix

Evolution of Unix and Unix-like systems

Company /developer

Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie,Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna & Bell Labs

Programmed in

OS family

Unix

Working state

Active

Source model

Historically closed source, now some Unix projects (BSD family and Illumos) are open sourced.

Initial release

1969

Availablelanguage(s)

English

Availableprogramming languages(s)

C, C++

Kernel type

Monolithic

Default user interface

Command-line interface &Graphical (X Window System)

License

Proprietary

Officialwebsite

www.unix.org

Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX, sometimes also written as UNIX with small caps) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees atBell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, andJoe Ossanna. The Unix operating system was first developed in assembly, which ismachine-dependent and a low-level programming language. Ken Thompson created the B language in 1969 and Unix was written in the B language, a high-level programming language. The first Unix system written in C was released in November 1973. C is a high-level and a portable programming language, that was developed by Ken Thopmson at AT&T's Bell Labs. High-level languages simplified programming the Unix operating system. C enhanced portability and C code is easier move to other machines and different computers than originally designed. Unix features multitasking and is multi-user. Today's Unix systems are split into various branches, developed over time by AT&T as well as various commercial vendors and non-profit organizations. The Open Group, an industry standards consortium, owns the UNIX trademark. Only systems fully compliant with and certified according to the Single UNIX Specification are qualified to use the trademark; others might be called "Unix system-like" or "Unix-like" (though the Open Group disapproves of this term[citation needed] ). However, the term "Unix" is often used informally to denote any operating system that closely resembles the trademarked system. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the influence of Unix in academic circles led to large-scale adoption of Unix (particularly of the BSD variant, originating from the University of California, Berkeley) by commercial startups, the most notable of which are Solaris, HP-UXand AIX. Today, in addition to certified Unix systems such as those already mentioned, Unix-like operating systems such as

Linux and BSD descendants (FreeBSD, NetBSD, andOpenBSD) are commonly encountered. The term "traditional Unix" may be used to describe a Unix or an operating system that has the characteristics of either Version 7 Unix or UNIX System V.

Introduction At the core of of our hosting technology is the UNIX Operating System (O/S). Solaris UNIX has a proven track record of maximum performance, reliability, and scalability. Solaris on SPARC hardware has become the most popular operating system for high-end systems. The Solaris UNIX operating system represents the UNIX flavor with the most extensive enterprise application support. As software vendors develop and web-enable their applications, they are using Solaris as their reference development platform. Solaris versions of applications come to market first and are assigned more technical support resources than others. Solaris Show me everything on Linux licensing and support DEFINITION Solaris is the computer operating system that Sun Microsystems provides for its family of Scalable Processor Architecture-based processors as well as for Intelbased processors. Sun has historically dominated the largeUNIX workstation market. As the Internet grew in the early 1990s, Sun's SPARC/Solaris systems became the most widely installed servers for Web sites. Sun emphasizes the system's availability (meaning it seldom crashes), its large number of features, and its Internet-oriented design. Sun advertises that its latest version, the Solaris 8 Operating Environment, is "the leading UNIX environment" today. HP-UX Unix variant INTRODUCTION First released HP-UX 1.0, HP-UX was introduced in 1986. HP-UX is largely based onSystem V, HP-UX operating environment serves as the foundation for missioncritical applications and IT services over the Internet, while significantly

reducing the complexity, development and risk for companies eager to bring their business onto the web.

HP-UX - HP Unix

HP says: HP-UX 11i delivers secured availability, flexible capacity and simplified management for HP 9000 and Integrity servers. HP-UX 11i is HPs enterprise UNIX operating environment. HP-UX 11i v2 supports HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers, providing binary compatibility for applications moving from HP 9000 to HP Integrity servers. HP-UX 11i v2 delivers secured availability, simplified management and flexible capacity, ultimately ensuring the highest business value and lowest cost of ownership among enterprise UNIX offerings today.

HP-UX (Hewlett Packard UniX) is Hewlett-Packard's proprietary implementation of the Unixoperating system, based on System V (initially System III). It runs on the HP 9000 PA-RISC-based range of processors and HP Integrity systems that are based on Intel's Itanium-processors. HP-UX was also available for later Apollo/Domain systems, and earlier versions ran on the HP 9000 Series 200, 300, and 400 computer systems based on the Motorola 68000series of processors, as well as the HP 9000 Series 500 computers based on HP's proprietaryFOCUS processor architecture. HP-UX was the first Unix to offer access control lists for file access permissions as an alternative to the standard Unix permissions system. HP-UX was also among the first Unix systems to include a built-in logical volume manager. HP has had a long partnership with Veritas Software, and integrates VxFS as the primary file system. HP-UX 11i is currently credited with leadership in integrated mission-critical virtualization[1] , observed performance, high availability and manageability.[2]

The current shipping release is HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) with the September 2010 update release (the 7th update for HP-UX 11i v3[3]).

HP-UX DEFINITION HP-UX is the UNIX-based operating system for the HP 9000 series of business servers from Hewlett-Packard. The 9000 series spans a spectrum of business needs and server sizes, ranging from an "entry-level" server appropriate for an Internet firewall, Web hosting, or branch office use to amidrange server appropriate for advanced enterprise resource planning (ERP) or Web commerce, to a high-end model for larger-scale and more computingintensive applications. HP's SuperDome computer is based on parallel operation of up to 64 9000 processors. All of these servers run HP-UX. HP also offers the e3000 line of servers, evolved from its long-established HP3000. The e3000 servers use HP's MPE/iX operating system. AIX Unix OS From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: AIX Unix (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) is a proprietary operating system developed by IBM based on UNIX System V. Before the product was ever marketed, the acronym AIX originally stood for Advanced IBM UNIX. The scalable AIX 5L 5.3 supports up to 64 central processing units and two terabytes (TB) of random access memory. The JFS2 file systemfirst introduced by IBM as part of AIXsupports computer files and partitions up to 16 TB in size.

AIX 4.3 AIX is the first 64-bit UNIX that becames from the NSA in the USA the TCSEC C2 certificate, with modifications it corresponds also the TCSEC B1. AIX 4.3 can run on 64-Bit CPUs binarily 32-Bit programs and 64-Bit programs. The TCP/IP stack and the I/O system were continued to optimize on high efficiency. Up to 128 non removable disks can be combined into a logical group. OpenGL GLX 1.3 and graPHICS extensions make an increased application performance and better handling of large graphic models possible. NIS+, Java support and numerous

system management Tools supplement this AIX release. Compatibility Except for special exceptions applications for AIX version 4.1 or 4.2 run also under AIX 4.3- without new compilation. A condition for it are: RS/6000 POWER-, POWER2 and PowerPC-based models. Applications that use some X11R5 server extension (like the Windowmanager), are only executable under AIX version 4.3. Applications that where compiled with specific POWER2 or other PowerPC compiling options, are executable also only with such CPUs. The downward compatibility is reduced in so far that compiled applications on AIX 4.x are not compatible to the older releases of AIX. 64-Bit applications, which were provided on 32-Bit systems under AIX 4.3, can be used on 64-Bit AIX 4.3 systems without problems.

AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) is the name given to a series of proprietary operating systems sold by IBM for several of its computer system platforms, based on UNIX System V with4.3BSD-compatible command and programming interface extensions. The AIX 5L 5.3 release runs on up to 64 IBM POWER or PowerPCarchitecture central processing units and two terabytes (TB) ofrandom access memory. The JFS2 file system - first introduced by IBM as part of AIX - allows computer files and partitions over 16 TB in size.

UNIX Virtualization Solutions Bringing Power, Value, Stability, and Reliability to Your Business

SCO Delivers SCO OpenServer 5.0.7V SCO announces product and availability details for SCO OpenServer 5.0.7V for Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware, including support for vSphere, its first two products in the line of virtualized versions of its family of UNIX operating systems. With these two OpenServer 5.0.7V Virtual Appliances, current OpenServer 5.0.7 customers will be able to take full advantage of the benefits of running their applications in two of the most popular virtualized environments with full support from SCO.

SCO OpenServer Rel 5.0.7 box set SCO OpenServer, previously SCO UNIX and SCO Open Desktop (SCO ODT), is a closed source version of the Unix computer operating system developed by Santa Cruz Operation(SCO) and now maintained by the SCO Group.

SCO Group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the current owners of the SCO name. For the defunct original SCO company, see the Santa Cruz Operation. The SCO Group, Inc. (TSG, informally SCO; Pink Sheets: SCOXQ) is a software company formerly called Caldera Systems and Caldera International. After acquiring the Santa Cruz Operation's Server Software and Services divisions, as well as UnixWare and OpenServertechnologies, the company changed its focus to UNIX. Later on, Caldera changed its name toSCO and then to The SCO Group to reflect that change in focus. The company was part of the Canopy Group, but became independent in March 2005, after the settlement of a lawsuit between the Noorda family and a chairman

of the group, Ralph Yarro, also former CEO of the Canopy Group. As part of the settlement, Canopy transferred all of its shares to Yarro.[1][2]

Sco-Santa Cruz Operation Aix- Advanced Interactive eXecutive SOLARIS - Submerged Object Locating and Retrieving Identification System Hp-ux- Hewlett Packard UniX