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Unix-tan isn't compassionate towards her family and approaches her children with a "Social Darwinist" attitude, leaving them to fend for themselves so the strongest, most innovative or well-connected reach the top of the family hierarchy, while the weaker ones fade into obscurity or die. She believes a natural-selection approach makes her family stronger, and while it has allowed individuals to rise to power, it has also instilled infighting and undermined their political stability as a group. The most successful of her daughters got stronger after the Unix Wars, but destroyed their less successful kin in the process. | Unix-tan isn't compassionate towards her family and approaches her children with a "Social Darwinist" attitude, leaving them to fend for themselves so the strongest, most innovative or well-connected reach the top of the family hierarchy, while the weaker ones fade into obscurity or die. She believes a natural-selection approach makes her family stronger, and while it has allowed individuals to rise to power, it has also instilled infighting and undermined their political stability as a group. The most successful of her daughters got stronger after the Unix Wars, but destroyed their less successful kin in the process. | ||
An exception to this attitude is the interest she shows in Mac OS X Leopard-tan. Uncharacteristically, Unix-tan offered patronage to the young genius, going as far as granting her official inclusion in the Unix family. Later, Unix revealed her interest wasn't altruistic, funding Leopard-tan's research in an attempt to spark the creation of time travel technology which Unix-tan could co-opt for her own purposes, specifically performing inter-temporal reconnaissance to ensure success in perpetuity. | An exception to this attitude is the interest she shows in Mac OS X Leopard-tan. Uncharacteristically, Unix-tan offered patronage to the young genius, going as far as granting her official inclusion in the Unix family. Later, Unix revealed her interest wasn't altruistic, funding Leopard-tan's research in an attempt to spark the creation of time travel technology which Unix-tan could co-opt for her own purposes, specifically performing inter-temporal reconnaissance to ensure success in perpetuity.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/bellacielo/art/Ma-Bell-265077109 ''Ma Bell'']</ref> | ||
====With Linux==== | ====With Linux==== | ||
While originally convinced that the Linux-tans would displace her family as hers' had done to earlier generations, at the end of the Unix Wars Unix-tan realized that the salvation of her people lies with the Linux family. She adopted [[Linux]]-tan into their society, and since then the Open Sourceress has ascended to the position of ''right-hand man'' to Unix-tan herself. | While originally convinced that the Linux-tans would displace her family as hers' had done to earlier generations, at the end of the Unix Wars Unix-tan realized that the salvation of her people lies with the Linux family. She adopted [[Linux]]-tan into their society, and since then the Open Sourceress has ascended to the position of ''right-hand man'' to Unix-tan herself. | ||
Although Linux-tan's and Unix-tan's first meeting was fraught with mutual distrust, with time they developed deep respect for each other. Admiration slowly gave way to affection, with shared experiences and complementary personalities making them well suited to each other. They keep their true feelings secret to outsiders to avoid political unrest among their often-opposing offspring and followers. | Although Linux-tan's and Unix-tan's first meeting was fraught with mutual distrust, with time they developed deep respect for each other. Admiration slowly gave way to affection, with shared experiences and complementary personalities making them well suited to each other.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,627.msg47842.html#msg47842 "So you could almost say that UNIX-sama and Linux-sama....... might as well be soul mates of sorts? So different yet so much alike, bridging past and present, and living out eachother's lives while striving for a common future..."]</ref> They keep their true feelings secret to outsiders to avoid political unrest among their often-opposing offspring and followers. | ||
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After Bell Labs withdrew support for [[Multics]]-tan, a modified clone was created in her place. Built with the help of [[PDP-7]]-tan and [[GCOS]]-tan, she was originally named UNICS, after her mother. Intensely curious about her origins and the secrecy surrounding her birth, she discovered the truth while working her first job at the patent office. | After Bell Labs withdrew support for [[Multics]]-tan, a modified clone was created in her place. Built with the help of [[PDP-7]]-tan and [[GCOS]]-tan, she was originally named UNICS, after her mother. Intensely curious about her origins and the secrecy surrounding her birth, she discovered the truth while working her first job at the patent office. | ||
Unix-tan was manipulated by GCOS-tan into hating and fearing Multics-tan,<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,627.msg42967.html#msg42967 "To GECOS-tan, Unix-sama probably would have sounded like the ultimate weapon against her enemy"]</ref> becoming convinced that she alone held the power to vanquish the insane sorceress. Aware of her own inferiority, Unix first tried rallying the help of other OS-tans, but was rejected. She attempted to take on Multics-tan by herself, but found herself no match. Disheartened but determined, she schemed to bring Multics down to her level, but was knocked unconscious in the subsequent altercation. Unix-tan awoke in a state of primal rage, cutting through Multics-tan's defenses while consuming her power, leaving her rival badly injured both physically and magically. | Unix-tan was manipulated by GCOS-tan into hating and fearing Multics-tan,<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,627.msg42967.html#msg42967 "To GECOS-tan, Unix-sama probably would have sounded like the ultimate weapon against her enemy"]</ref> becoming convinced that she alone held the power to vanquish the insane sorceress. Aware of her own inferiority, Unix first tried rallying the help of other OS-tans, but was rejected. She attempted to take on Multics-tan by herself, but found herself no match. Disheartened but determined, she schemed to bring Multics down to her level, but was knocked unconscious in the subsequent altercation. Unix-tan awoke in a state of primal rage, cutting through Multics-tan's defenses while consuming her power, leaving her rival badly injured both physically and magically. | ||
Though she'd proven herself triumphant, Unix-tan was horrified that she almost killed her mother. Her newly awakened powers and stolen sceptre remain to this day as self-imposed reminders of her actions. | Though she'd proven herself triumphant, Unix-tan was horrified that she almost killed her mother. Her newly awakened powers and stolen sceptre remain to this day as self-imposed reminders of her actions. <ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,466.msg38753.html#msg38753 C-chan's Description of Unix-tan's and Multics-tan's confrontation]</ref> | ||
====Rise to Power==== | ====Rise to Power==== | ||
