Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:44:56 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "James A Wilde" <james.wilde@telia.com> Cc: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sun OS (Was: BSD Inquiry...) Message-ID: <200008181644.e7IGiuU23126@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:13:19 %2B0200." <002801c00905$504109e0$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net>
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> From: "James A Wilde" <james.wilde@telia.com> > Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:13:19 +0200 > > > Linux isn't based on Unix source code. It's a rewrite from scratch > > based on the SysV manuals. So the flavor is a lot like SysV (or > > Solaris). On the other hand, there's no centralized source for Linux > > code outside the kernel, so you never know... > > ...and presumably then Posix is SysV-like cos I know Linus has said that the > Linux kernel aims to be Posix compatible. Just to avoid confusing many, many people, Posix is NOT an operating system. It is a standard for code portability and specifies things like utilities and libraries. It, in no way, specifies an OS. VMS was Posix and I think Windows NT might well be. Posix has a few dumb things in it, but it is a good concept and it's generally a good idea to comply. (Posix regular expressions being a significant exception, IMHO.) R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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