So Unix turned 40 this year. No one questions the stability, reliability, and durability of Unix. But there are lots of questions about its future, particularly on systems that occupy the market between commodity x86 boxes and mainframes. The midrange Unix market hasn't grown in years, and the operating system faces competition from its cousin Linux, which can run on a variety of hardware platforms, from x86 to the more powerful and reliable systems that were originally built for Unix.

The Yeoman Team recently completed a deep review of the Unix space and found some surprising plans from the 'big three' IBM, HP, and Sun (now Oracle) Our full research is available for a limited time at: http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/unix_linux/showArticle...