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==History== This product began to be developed in 1996 under the product name '''OpenNT''' by Softway Systems, Inc. before the name was changed to Interix in 1998. The last release by Softway Systems was release 2.2. Softway Systems had virtually completed the next release code-named Firebrand in 1999 which became the basis of Interix 3.0. The Interix interoperability suite developed by Softway Systems Inc., included substantial code from [[OpenBSD]],.<ref name="wsu35_review">{{citation |url = http://www.osnews.com/story/5751 |last = Dohnert |first = Roberto J. |title = Review of Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 |work = [[OSNews]] |publisher = [[David Adams (businessman)|David Adams]] |date = 2004-01-21 |access-date = 2020-07-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080211164430/http://www.osnews.com/story/5751 |archive-date = 2008-02-11 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=wontfix>{{cite web |url=https://brianreiter.org/2010/01/26/wontfix-select2-in-sua-5-2-ignores-timeout/ |title=WONTFIX: select(2) in SUA 5.2 ignores timeout |first=Brian |last=Reiter |publisher=brianreiter.org |date=2010-01-26 }}</ref> Microsoft acquired Interix in 1999.<ref name="softway">{{citation |url = http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/1999/sept99/softwaypr.aspx |title = Microsoft Acquires Softway Systems To Strengthen Future Customer Interoperability Solutions |work = Microsoft News Center |publisher = [[Microsoft]] |date = 1999-09-17 }}</ref><ref name="interix">{{cite web |url=https://www.milltech.com/about |title=Milltech Consulting Inc. |date=2019 |access-date=2020-06-23 |archive-date=2020-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918125111/https://www.milltech.com/about |url-status=dead }}</ref> Microsoft continued to distribute Interix 2.2 as a standalone product until 2002. Interix release 3.0 was released as component of [[Windows Services for Unix]] (SFU) 3.0 in 2002. Interix release 3.5 was released as component of SFU 3.5 in January, 2004. Interix became integrated as a component of the regular Windows OS distribution<ref name=autogenerated1 /> as a component of [[Windows Server 2003 R2]] in December, 2005 at release 5.2 and was a component of the [[Windows Vista]] release as release 6.0 (RTM November, 2006). [[Windows Server 2008]] had release 6.0. [[Windows 7]] and [[Windows Server 2008 R2]] included SUA 6.1. Microsoft announced in 2011 that Interix would not be included in Windows versions after Windows 8<!-- does that mean it doesn't work in Windows 8.1? Seems available and work in Win 8--> and customers should start migrating their applications to an alternative solution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/sfu/archive/2011/10/03/installing-sua-components-on-windows-8.aspx |title=Installing SUA components on Windows 8|date=28 August 2023 }}</ref>
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