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From: kaleb@x.org (Kaleb KEITHLEY)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: I have one thing to say about Windows '95 & FreeBSD
Date: 17 Sep 95 21:29:27 GMT
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jason@indy.net (Jason Miller) wrote:

> WinNT is POSIX compliant, so you can easily port many UNIX-based
> server apps, while Win95 has...MSN?

Ever tried it? It's not as easy as you think -- most UNIX-based server apps
use more than pure POSIX -- if you use the POSIX environment you can't use
functions in the non-POSIX libraries. Not only that but VC++ doesn't come
with the POSIX environment. You have to be on the Microsoft Developer
Network to get the tools to develop in the POSIX environment. POSIX is
just a checkoff item so that Microsoft can sell to government agencies who
specify POSIX on their RFPs.

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Kaleb KEITHLEY