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UNIX
Informatics A versatile, non-proprietary open operating system, which is the industry standard for mainframes, work stations and servers on the Internet, written in C programming language. See OS X. Cf MacOS, Windows.


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You need to consider your requirements both short-term and long-term and the features of Windows and UNIX before choosing the OS.
More often than not, UNIX systems are used to run business applications and provide decision support; Linux is used to provide application and database services; and, Windows systems are used for office functions (mail, collaboration, personal productivity, etc.
and CompUSA cited the reliability provided by the Windows Server(TM) platform as helping drive their decision to choose Microsoft(R) Windows(R) over UNIX systems.
 
 
 
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