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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sgiblab!newsun!SJF.Novell.COM!brian
  3. From: brian@SJF.Novell.COM (Brian Meek)
  4. Subject: Re: POSIX anyone.
  5. Message-ID: <brian.87.0@SJF.Novell.COM>
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  7. Sender: news@novell.com (The Netnews Manager)
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  9. Organization: Novell, Inc.
  10. References: <Bzz9z8.1FD@Novell.COM>
  11. Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 09:10:49 GMT
  12.  
  13. In article <Bzz9z8.1FD@Novell.COM> tony_wosnjuk@novell.com writes:
  14. >Has anybody heard of POSIX?
  15. >
  16. >Where can I get hold of a copy?
  17.  
  18. Hello Tony,
  19.  
  20. If only POSIX were so tangible... :-).  Thousands of pages of
  21. specifications that exist "to support application portability at the
  22. source code level...".
  23.  
  24. Stephen Walli posted an article titled "POSIX - Caving In Under Its
  25. Own Weight (Long)" that kicks off a rather insightful thread over on
  26. comp.std.unix.  You might want to check it out...  
  27.  
  28. -- brian
  29. ___________________________________________________________________________
  30. Brian Meek                      Novell, Inc. -- Desktop Systems Group
  31.                                 Internet mail:  brian@Novell.COM
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