n.
The process by which a technology fragments into multiple, incompatible, versions.
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"The kind of fragmentation that crippled Unix also haunts Linux. A number of vendors hawk their own flavors of the OS. Minor examples of forking already exist."
—Jesse Berst, "Skeleton In the Linux Closet," Jesse Berst's AnchorDesk, March 21, 2000
—Jesse Berst, "Skeleton In the Linux Closet," Jesse Berst's AnchorDesk, March 21, 2000
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