Unix was created 40 years ago this summer. Computerworld looks back on what some have said is one of the most important pieces of software ever created.

The UNIX developers took a decision early on to rewrite the OS in the C language, which allows it to run on a wide range of different hardware architectures. It was created at a time when systems ...

OS X makes good use of these ideas to maintain its Java installation, for instance, while still providing the software in their standard Unix directories through symbolic links.

WIth the 50th birthday of the UNIX operating system being in the news of late, there has been a bit of a spotlight shone upon its earliest origins. At the Living Computers museum in Seattle though ...

One of the big draws of OS X has always been the UNIX-like, BSD heritage of the operating system. Apple has always touted OS X as UNIX-based and played up the security, stability, and ...

In the same "second look" spirit of the previous item, we took another look at the status of using UNIX in Mac OS X (see previous report). Again, we have good news to report. We have expressed ...

I know this.”, the Unix operating system (trademarked as UNIX) originated at Bell Labs where it initially was only intended for internal use to make writing and running code for systems like the ...

On "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 Day," tech lovers all over the world celebrated the moment when the clocks in the popular Unix computer operating system struck that exact stream of numbers. But on Feb. 13 ...

By building Mac OS X on Unix, Apple opens up thousands of new applications to Mac owners and gives Unix developers access to a lucrative new audience.

Originally written in one month during the summer of '69, a little operating system called Unix would go on to be one of the most important pieces of software ever written. Four decades later, the ...