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|image = ultrixavi.png


|cname = Ultrix
|cname = Ultrix
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|hname = Juliet Joy
|hname = Juliet Joy
|debut = 2007
|debut = 2007
|height = 170 cm (5'7")
|height = 5'5''
|haircolor= brown
|haircolor= Dark brown
|eyecolor= green
|eyecolor= Emerald green
|weapon = Trident
|weapon = Bladed trident
|apfaction = [[Wanderer Class]] (formerly from the [[DEC Military]])
|apfaction = Formerly from the [[DEC Military]]; currently, [[Wanderer Class]]
|lineage= [[Unix lineage|Unix]], BSD branch
|lineage= [[Unix lineage|Unix]], BSD branch
|rival = [[VMS]], other Unices
|rival = [[VMS]], other Unices


|osper = Ultrix-32
|osper = Ultrix
|osdev = Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
|osdev = Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
|reldate = 1984
|reldate = 1984
|lastrel = v4.5 (1995)
|lastrel = v4.5, 1995
}}
}}




==Technical details==
==Technical details==
Ultrix was DEC's first offering of a (BSD) Unix OS, designed to run on PDP and VAX architectures. Developers had long used DEC hardware for designing and running Unix operating systems, yet DEC supported only their proprietary OSs, especially VMS. While somewhat successful, Ultrix ultimately failed to displace competing VAX systems.
Created by DEC's Unix Engineering Group, Ultrix was the first native BSD release for the VAX line of computers.  


==Character details==
==Character details==
Ultrix-tan is depicted as a young woman, with wavy brown hair and green eyes. She sometimes dressed in a slinky black dress; but often wears a military-like uniform as with the other DEC-tans, yet is a noted outsider in their group (as supporters of the home-made DEC operating systems and Unix supporters have often been at odds). This rivalry also carried over to her attitude; She is quite sly and cool, with a notable feisty side; When angered, however, she has a tendency to become quite vengeful (a reference to Ultrix translating to avenger in Latin). Her weapon of choice is a trident, with three blades where the spears would usually be; a reference to Ultrix's BSD heritage.
====General====
Ultrix-tan is depicted as a young woman with wavy, shoulder-length brown hair, green eyes and small horns. She wears a typical DEC Military uniform while on duty, but has also been depicted in a slinky, plain black dress. Her weapon is typically depicted as a bladed trident.
 
Personality-wise, Ultrix-tan displays her mother's tendency toward athletic skill and tendency toward hedonism and grandmother's quick-temper and hard work ethic. She truly wanted to be seen as a part of the DEC Faction (not as a Unix "outsider") and be treated as an equal, however her standoffish nature made the other DEC-tans slow to accept her.  


Ultrix-tan's relationship with her step-sister, VMS-tan, is filled with rivalry and antagonism from both parties. There is usually a tone of lightheartedness, however, as Ultrix never could displace VMS as the most popular DEC system.
====Family and Relationships====
But it should be noted her relation with the the other DEC Unix, Digital Unix-tan, is no more better; as she took over for Ultrix-tan in 1995.
Ultrix-tan is the daughter of [[BSD]] and granddaughter of [[UNIX | Bell Labs Unix]]-tan.


==History and background==
In spite of the long-standing and often symbiotic relationship between the Unix-tans and certain members of the [[DEC Military | DEC Faction]] - in particular, the alliance [[PDP-11]], [[VAX]]-tan and the various Unices, and [[UNIX]]-sama's short inclusion within the [[DEC Military | DEC Faction]] - many within the DEC Faction opposed the creation of Ultrix-tan (particularly [[VMS]]-tan, who was afraid that Ultrix would displace her as the dominant native DEC OS-tan).


Although Ultrix and VMS-tan were rivals, they managed to maintain a functioning - if not vitriol-soaked - friendship, marked with good-natured verbal barbs and occasional physical fights. They seem to have bonded under a mutual position as 'social outcasts' within the DEC Faction.


See also:
==History and background==
*[[List of OS-tans]]
====Early Life====
[[Category:DEC]]
Ultrix-tan was created by the Unix Engineering Group, a division of the DEC Faction located to north of DEC Headquarters. It has been theorized that her creation was spurred on by Unix-tan's short alliance with the DEC Military.
[[Category:Unix]]
[[Category:Minicomputer]]
==Theories and Notes==
[[Category:DEC]][[Category:Unix]][[Category:Historical]][[Category:Minicomputer]]
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