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{{For|similar sounding terms|Dynax|Dynas|Dymax|Dymas}} {{About|the operating system|the integrated library system|Dynix (software)|the company|Dynix Corporation}} {{Infobox OS | name = DYNIX | logo = <!-- filename only (no wikilink, no Image:/File:) --> | logo caption = | logo size = | logo alt = | screenshot = <!-- filename only (no wikilink, no Image:/File:) --> | caption = | screenshot_size = | screenshot_alt = | collapsible = | version of = | developer = [[Sequent Computer Systems]] | family = [[Unix-like]] ([[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] or [[SysV]]) | working state = Discontinued | source model = <!-- "Open source", "Closed source", or "Shared source" --> | released = {{Start date and age|1984}} | RTM date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} ONLY for articles about OS releases --> | GA date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} ONLY for articles about OS releases --> | latest release version = | latest release date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} --> | latest preview version = | latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} --> | marketing target = | programmed in = | language = [[English language|English]]<!-- Supported human languages (English, French, Italian, Arabic, ...) --> | update model = <!-- APT, Windows Update, etc. --> | package manager = <!-- dpkg, rpm, Windows installer, etc. --> | supported platforms = [[x86]] | kernel type = <!-- Hybrid, Monolithic, Microkernel, Exokernel, Nanokernel, etc. --> | userland = | ui = | license = | preceded by = | succeeded by = DYNIX/ptx | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.org}} --> | support status = <!-- For articles about releases of operating systems ONLY --> | other articles = }} '''DYNIX''' (''DYNamic UnIX'') was a Unix-like [[operating system]] developed by [[Sequent Computer Systems]], based on [[Berkeley Software Distribution#4.2BSD|4.2BSD]] and modified to run on Intel-based<ref name=IBM.DB2>{{cite web |title=New Version of IBM DB2 Universal Database |date=May 17, 1999 |url=https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/2178.wss|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601062828/https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/2178.wss|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref> [[symmetric multiprocessing|symmetric multiprocessor]] hardware. The third major (Dynix 3.0) version was released May, 1987;<ref>{{cite web |title=Emerging Technologies Multi/Parallel Processing |url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/competitiveAnalysis/Multi_Parallel_Processing_Dec87.pdf}}</ref> by 1992 DYNIX was succeeded by '''DYNIX/ptx''',<ref>{{cite book |title=DYNIX/ptx System Administration Guide, Volume 1 (1003-59809-00) |publisher=Sequent Computer Systems, Inc}}</ref> which was based on [[UNIX System V]].<ref>"The system we investigated was a NUMA-Q 2000 System from IBM running a proprietary, System V based, operating system DYNIX/ptx."{{cite book |title=Database and Expert Systems Applications: 11th International |url=https://archive.org/details/springer_10.1007-3-540-44469-6 |isbn=3540679782 |author1=Mohamed Ibrahim |author2=Josef Kรผng |author3=Norman Revell |date=2000}}</ref> IBM obtained rights to DYNIX/ptx in 1999, when it acquired Sequent<ref>{{cite web |website=CNET |title=SCO pulls second IBM Unix license |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/sco-pulls-second-ibm-unix-license}}</ref> for $810 million.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Computerworld |title=IBM drops Intel high-end server |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2576139/network-servers/ibm-drops-intel-high-end-server.html |date=May 13, 2002}}</ref> IBM's subsequent [[Project Monterey]] was an attempt, circa 1999, "to unify [[AIX]] with Sequent's Dynix/ptx operating system and [[UnixWare]]." By 2001, however, "the explosion in popularity of [[Linux]] ... prompted IBM to quietly ditch" this.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Computerworld |date=February 1, 1999 |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kxlABcUbI_wC |title=Sequent "Project Monterey" Road Map}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Caldera loads Linux apps on UnixWare |website=[[ZDNet]] |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/caldera-loads-linux-apps-on-unixware/}}</ref>
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