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[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Hit the send key too quick,  meant to add POSIX stands for "Portable 
Operating System Interface"

Charles

xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:

> Don't quite understand that, POSIX never was an operating system, it 
> was a specification for an interface to an operating system.  A lot of 
> OS's had a posix interface built back when the government decided it 
> was a procurement requirement.
>
> Charles
>
> Andrew Vida wrote:
>
>>     XP uses a POSIX kernel, so it is essentially a UNIX system with a 
>> really lousy window management system wrapped around it.  Ironic.
>>
>>