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replertoday at 11:35 AM2 repliesview on HN

> I am surprised Micrsooft didnt use the opportunity to create a micrsoft specific Linux distro

The last one didn’t do so hot, they named it “Xenix”


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bdcravenstoday at 3:57 PM

That wasn't Linux. Unix != Linux.

arexxbifstoday at 12:12 PM

It was a lousy distro, it didn't even include the Linux kernel!

On the other hand, according to AT&T, Xenix accounted for about half of the worldwide Unix licenses in the late 1980s.