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From: niemidc@oasis.gtefsd.com (David C. Niemi)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: "NT is UNIX" or so Bill Gates says!!!
Date: 15 Jul 1993 15:42:32 GMT
Organization: GTE Federal Systems Division
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>       What it seems to mean is that NT will run most POSIX-compliant
>character-based UNIX programs recompiled for NT.  This is useful,
>but not thrilling.  You'll be able to run lots of pre-window UNIX
>software, if you have source.  Presumably most of the GNU tools will,
>with some effort, work.

That doesn't say much, given that GNU tools run on EVERYTHING!

More seriously, the POSIX box is really more of a bar-bones subsystem
completely separate from the mainstream part of NT.  Feel free to implement
UNIX on top of the POSIX box, but don't expect to access the usual NT
services while you're in there...
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David C. Niemi: David.Niemi@oasis.gtegsc.com

My opinions are those of my fuzz-brained, cat-sniffing Norwegian Elkhound.