Two weeks ago frequent contributors p_msac and bportlock challenged me to see Linux as not Unix and to discuss the consequences of that difference. The reality here is simple: Linus Torvalds started ...

What defines an operating system isn’t a geeky label or a collection of ramblings from the mouths of its community members. Nor is it some empty and pointless certification offered up by an obscure ...

Have come across some odd behaviour. At least it seems odd to me, maybe 'cos I'm missing something!<br><br>OK - I'm writing a client-server style application pair. As a comms protocol I'm doing ...

A new version of Solaris isn't the same kind of media bombshell as a new version of Windows, but Solaris 9 is an interesting product. Clearly Sun has been looking at and learning from the competition.

In a twist of irony, the Unix platform celebrates its 40th birthday this year, as does the man whose work probably has done more to diminish the trendiness of Unix than anyone else: Linux founder ...