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====Unix Wars==== | ====Unix Wars==== | ||
'''See also: [[Timeline of The Unix Wars]]''' | '''See also: [[Timeline of The Unix Wars]]''' | ||
During the mid 1980s, infighting spread among Unix cultures in an attempt to secure factional supremacy and a unified society; this sparked the Unix Wars, years of relentless attrition that nearly destroyed the Unixes from within. [[FreeBSD | FreeBSD]], drafted into the war, defected to form her own faction; likewise, [[Plan 9]] – Unix's heir – abdicated the thrown. By the early 1990s, [[Linux | Linux]], a young but powerful Unix-like was universally loathed by the Unix-tans, who believed she would bring further instability – and a possible death blow – to their kind. Unlike the others, Unix saw Linux as their potential salvation; together they formed a mutually beneficial alliance that lasts to this day. Unix has returned to her roots for the most part and is happier because of it. | During the mid 1980s, infighting spread among Unix cultures in an attempt to secure factional supremacy and a unified society; this sparked the Unix Wars, years of relentless attrition that nearly destroyed the Unixes from within. [[FreeBSD | FreeBSD]], drafted into the war, defected to form her own faction; likewise, [[Plan 9]] – Unix's heir – abdicated the thrown. By the early 1990s, [[Linux | Linux]], a young but powerful Unix-like was universally loathed by the Unix-tans, who believed she would bring further instability – and a possible death blow – to their kind. Unlike the others, Unix saw Linux as their potential salvation; together they formed a mutually beneficial alliance that lasts to this day. Unix has returned to her roots for the most part and is happier because of it. | ||