[SunRescue] OT: AS/400 stuff

Joshua D. Boyd rescue at sunhelp.org
Tue Jun 5 19:16:48 CDT 2001


What exactly is the difference between Posix and Unix98?  For instance, I
know that NT comes with a Posix layer, but there is an add-on for NT that
offers Unix98 certification.  Is it just a bunch of required extra
programs?  That's what a glance over the unix systems web site seems to
indicate.

--
Joshua Boyd

On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 02:23:44PM -0400, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> > Then why did IBM need to make OS/390 unix compliant?  Sure, they might
> > control the market, but if they don't attract developers, then customers
> > won't keep coming either.  Why do you think they have a new program giving
> > free access to linux partitions on their zSeries machines to developers?
> 
> :s/unix/POSIX/
> 
> Bill
> 
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