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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why isn't NetBSD popular?
Date: 21 Aug 1995 12:19:43 +0200
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Jim Williams <williams@tiac.net> wrote:
>An interesting question -- particularly given that I don't know much
>about POSIX -- is POSIX compliance something to be strived for?
Posix defines something like a lowest common denominator.
You won't be very happy to restrict all your doing to that minimal
subset that is defined by Posix.
The actual importance of Posix is that implementors of an operating
system are well advised to adhere to everything that is mandated by
Posix (and look around to find the `most compatible' solution for
everything beyond this minimalistic standard).
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)