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Developer | Mark Williams Company |
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OS family | Unix-like |
Working state | Discontinued |
Source model | Closed source; open sourced in 2015 |
Initial release | 1980 |
Latest release | 4.2.14 / 1994 |
Available in | English |
Platforms | PDP-11, x86 (8088, 286, 386, 486), Motorola 68000, Zilog Z8000 |
Kernel type | Monolithic |
Default user interface | Command-line (KornShell) |
License | 2015: BSD-3-Clause[1] Original: Proprietary |
Coherent is a clone of the Unix operating system for IBM PC compatibles and other microcomputers, developed and sold by the now-defunct Mark Williams Company (MWC). Historically, the operating system was a proprietary product, but it became open source in 2015, released under the BSD-3-Clause license.[1]