COMMENTARY--As we all know, Unix is a great server operating system. It's been around for a long time, so all its newness has worn off (this is good, since many IT managers seem to be easily alarmed ...

Will Unix be enough to grow a new crop of Apple customers? That's the question Apple Computer will begin to address Monday at its weeklong Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, Calif. By ...

Will Unix be enough to grow a new crop of Apple customers? That's the question Apple Computer will begin to address Monday at its weeklong Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, Calif. By ...

My contention in this thread is that the user experience philosophy that underlies Linux/UNIX (the "Unix Philosophy") is close to the mirror image of the Apple design philosophy (I'll call it the ...

Apple's forthcoming release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is the first BSD-based operating system to receive the UNIX 03 certification, placing the Mac maker among an elite group of official UNIX 03 ...

ZDNet AnchorDesk executive editor David Coursey recently met with Steve Jobs to talk about Apple’s business strategy. The results of that meeting are talked about in a new article entitled The ...

As legal battles heat up over who owns the rights to the Unix operating system, another dispute has been quietly simmering over the rights to the Unix name itself. Apple Computer is being sued by The ...

There was a time when giant computers freely occupied the back warehouses of the research institutions and major universities of the Earth. These computers, maintained by armies of grad students, were ...

Hey<BR><BR>I just read a web page on the history of Unix:<BR><BR>http://rixstep.com/2/20050529,00.shtml<BR><BR>Sure, it is directed at switchers, but it starts with ...

Recent numbers show Apple's Mac as a rare bright spot in an otherwise bleak PC industry. It's come a long way. Mac shipments have grown to 5.5 million while the entire PC industry has remained ...

Declaring on Wednesday that Apple has built a product that will set the stage for the next 15 years of computing, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the final release of OS X, the company’s new operating ...

As legal battles heat up over who owns the rights to the Unix operating system, another dispute has been quietly simmering over the rights to the Unix name itself. Apple Computer is being sued by The ...