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<P>Microsoft« Interix 2.2 is the easiest way for customers to
take advantage of their previous investments in UNIX-based legacy applications as they move to the Windows« operating system. Interix provides a powerful, high-performance environment in which to easily run UNIX applications and scripts on the Window NT« and Windows 2000 operating systems, enabling customers to take advantage of the many benefits of the Windows platform while still maintaining their UNIX-based legacy applications.</P>
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<td><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><a NAME="Easily"></a><h1>Easily Run UNIX-based Applications and Scripts on Windows</h1><!--mstheme--></font></td>
powerful, high-performance environment in which to easily run UNIX-based applications and scripts on the Window NT and Windows 2000 operating systems. Interix offers:</P>
<P>When combined with Windows 2000, Interix provides
customers a single enterprise platform on which they can run all of their Windows-, UNIX-, and Internet-based applications. As part of a single platform for the enterprise, Interix provides:</P>
</STRONG>With Interix, UNIX developers can begin taking advantage of the power of the Windows 2000 platform for the development of the next generation of applications.<!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td></tr>
<P>Microsoft Interix 2.2 provides UNIX users and system administrators a familiar environment and set of tools with which they can take advantage of their existing UNIX expertise:</P>
</STRONG>Interix provides UNIX system administrators a familiar set of tools
including <EM>rsh, rlogin, telnet </EM>and <EM>xterm</EM>. Batch tools, such
as <EM>At, cron </EM>and <EM>batch</EM>, enable efficient system administration.
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../../_themes/copy-of-tilt/atlbull1.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><STRONG>The look and feel of UNIX. </STRONG>Interix
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<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../../_themes/copy-of-tilt/atlbull1.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"><EM>KornShell, C Shell</EM> and <EM>Bourne Shell</EM> with full job
control
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../../_themes/copy-of-tilt/atlbull1.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Over 300 utilities, including scripting tools such as
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../../_themes/copy-of-tilt/atlbull1.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">File-link support and true case-sensitive file names
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../../_themes/copy-of-tilt/atlbull1.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Full integration with Windows NT security model,
administration, file systems, networking and printers
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../../_themes/copy-of-tilt/atlbull1.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Support for POSIX.1 (system services) and POSIX.2
(shell and utilities)
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../../_themes/copy-of-tilt/atlbull1.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">X11R5 runtime, including X clients such as <EM>xterm,
twm, xrdb,</EM> and <EM>xlsclients</EM>
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displays
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<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../../_themes/copy-of-tilt/atlbull1.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Intel x86, Pentium, Pentium Pro and compatible
systems
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../../_themes/copy-of-tilt/atlbull1.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Microsoft Windows NT Workstation or Server
version 3.51 or higher, Windows 2000 Professional, Server or Advanced Server
<!--msthemelist--><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="../../_themes/copy-of-tilt/atlbull1.gif" width="15" height="15" hspace="13"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><!--mstheme--><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">15-100 megabytes (MB) of available hard-disk space
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<P>Microsoft INTERIX 2.2 runs on Windows 2000. Original Softway Interix 2.2 SP1 customers will need to upgrade their INTERIX subsystems to run on Windows 2000. The archive file can be downloaded from: <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000pro/Patch/2.2/NT5/EN-US/MSIX22_1.CAB">http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000pro/Patch/2.2/NT5/EN-US/MSIX22_1.CAB</a>.</P>
<P>Download instructions are available in the <a href="file:///D:/Documents and Settings/ericbrus/My Documents/My Webs/myweb12/server/solutions/readme.asp"> readme file</a>.</P>