____/ Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/> on Wednesday 20 June 2007 23:32 :
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> stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>>One objective differentiator is that Solaris has Posix conformance
>>while Linux does not.
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> Which POSIX?
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> POSIX.1-1990 / IEEE 1003.1-1990 part 1 / ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990?
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> POSIX.2 / IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 / ISO-IEC 9945-2:1993?
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> POSIX.1b / POSIX.4 / IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 ISO-IEC 9945-1:1996?
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> POSIX.1c / IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995?
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> POSIX.1-1996 (POSIX.1 + POSIX.1b + POSIX.1c)?
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> POSIX.1d / IEEE Std 1003.1c-1999?
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> POSIX.1g / IEEE Std 1003.1g-2000?
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> POSIX.1j / IEEE Std 1003.1j-2000?
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> POSIX.1-2001 / C99 (POSIX.1 + POSIX.2 + SUS)?
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> POSIX.1-2001+XSI / UNIX 03 / SUSv3?
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> POSIX.1-2003 / TC1?
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> POSIX.1-2004 / TC2?
Open implementation that permits grafting as-is and modifying (/a la/ GPL)
resolves many of these issues.
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