Other UNIX advantages

UNIX also offers other advantages as an operating system:

1. It is a programmable operating system. Standard UNIX commands can be combined in an endless variety of ways to achieve different tasks. This offers the user an enormous amount of power and flexibility.
2. Built-in TCP/IP networking, for communications across all forms of networks, and between all forms of computers. Unlike other vendors, UNIX systems do not force you to use proprietary communication protocols to have computers speak to each other (i.e., open systems).
3. UNIX systems from different vendors can work together in the same computer environment. They can share disk drives, printers, CPU's, terminals, and other resources.
4. Industry-Standard X-Windows and Motif Graphical User Interface (GUI) that allow windows to be displayed across a network onto more than one graphics terminal.