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Re:Revisting Neuromancer After Three Decades by bitwize on Friday June 22, 2018 @03:49PM (#17376817)
And they would have been a bit player in the OS marketplace compared to Windows NT.

Assuming that in this alternate timeline, the Apple-NeXT merger still happens, the dominant Unix flavor would likely be macOS. As it is, it's still alive and kicking and enjoying a comfortable number two spot (number one if you're talking desktop installs).

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Re:Revisting Neuromancer After Three Decades by pmoriarty on Friday June 22, 2018 @04:03PM (#17376912)
I'm talking about servers, where Linux dominates.

Sun used to dominate there, and they might have continued to do so had they switched to open licensing, made the OS free, and maybe adopted a business model like RedHat's.

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Re:Revisting Neuromancer After Three Decades by bitwize on Friday June 22, 2018 @08:04PM (#17378564)
If it hadn't been for Linux, Windows NT would have dominated the server market too.
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