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COSIX

COSIX is a Chinese UNIX operating system developed since 1989 by China National Computer Software & Technology Service Corporation (CS&S). A jointly developed 64-bit version with Compaq was released in 1999. An early version of the COSIX kernel was developed based on UNIX System V, and the 64-bit version was based on Tru64 UNIX. A Linux distribution named COSIX Linux was developed by CS&S and released in 1999, which had no technical relationship to COSIX.

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COSIX is a Chinese UNIX operating system developed since 1989 by China National Computer Software & Technology Service Corporation (CS&S). A jointly developed 64-bit version with Compaq was released in 1999. An early version of the COSIX kernel was developed based on UNIX System V, and the 64-bit version was based on Tru64 UNIX. A Linux distribution named COSIX Linux was developed by CS&S and released in 1999, which had no technical relationship to COSIX.

Key claims

  1. release date: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368774824

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