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Microsoft Windows '''Services for UNIX''' (SFU) is a package which provides a [[Unix]] compliant environment on [[Microsoft Windows]] computers. It provides both a ''subsystem'', named [[Interix]] and a set of tools. [[Microsoft]] does not intend to produce any further versions of the product and plans to discontinue support for it [http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1855248,00.asp] because it is being integrated as part of the regular OS distribution[http://www.interopsystems.com/tools/forum/tm.aspx?m=5623].
 
[[Interix]] is not an emulation of a [[Unix]] kernel. , Itbut israther an implementation of an ''environment subsystem'' running within the Windows kernel. This significantly improves performance, stability and security compared with the emulation used by [[Cygwin]].
 
SFU contains: