COSIX is a Chinese

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developed since 1989 by China National Computer Software & Technology Service Corporation (CS&S). A jointly developed 64-bit version with

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was released in 1999. An early version of the COSIX kernel was developed based on

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, and the

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version was based on

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. A

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named COSIX Linux was developed by CS&S and released in 1999, which had no technical relationship to COSIX.

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External links

CS&S Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cosix Unix variants Science and technology in the People's Republic of China

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