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Comment by bni

5 years ago

Why does the magic numbers list have a XENIX column?

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jart  5 years ago

Author here. The name was chosen mostly out of playfulness to describe Windows since I seem to recall XENIX being the earliest example of Microsoft dipping their toes in the water with UNIX support.

  • robaato  5 years ago

    Back in the day ('80s) worked at Logica with colleagues who did Xenix support!

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