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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.


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