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Unixen

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Is 'Unixen' a misspelling? Don't want to change it if it means something else..

Although "Unix" is usually pluralized as "Unices", it is common in computer jargon to pluralize words ending in X adding -en, as in "VAX" -> "vaxen". I have seem lot of people write such things as "boxen" or "linuxen". So, as far as I know, it's not a mispelling. --Pezezin 22:33, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Subjective analysis of the reasons for discontinuation

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If there are any good sources for the claim that Sprite failed because it's not a microkernel, please add them. If else I think that the part about Sprites discontinuation should be rewritten. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.63.247.218 (talk) 00:32, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It actually states the maintainability claim in the Sprite retrospective document referenced from the project's home page (referenced elsewhere in the article), but not explicitly in contrast to microkernel-based operating systems, although one could make the claim that the "commercial versions of UNIX with massive support teams" needed such teams because of their architecture. PaulBoddie (talk) 15:13, 10 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]