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Microsoft Tight-Lipped On Unix Ownership Question

“For months, I’ve been trying to get Microsoft to answer a few
questions about the Unix technologies in its intellectual property
portfolio. Microsoft agreed to an interview, then backed out. So
the question remains: How much Unix code does Microsoft have its
hands on?

“Microsoft’s Unix roots go back more than 25 years. The company
developed a version of Unix called Xenix in the 1980s that was
widely used in its day…”


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