On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Paul Gilmartin <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Dec 2017 16:58:15 +0800, David Crayford wrote:
> >
> >    ... I would pick gmake 9/10 because it's pervasive and more
> >portable. If you work with open source software on z/OS gmake is a must
> >have.
> >
> I imagine:
>
> RFE: We want UNIX.
>

​Not as I was told. U.S. Government said, basically, you can only bid a
POSIX compliant (and branded?) system for any I.T. purchase. To keep their
business, IBM grafted OpenEdition (original name) onto MVS. As time goes
on, it does get a bit better.​



>
> IBM: Be more specific.
>
> Both: (After much deliberation) Single UNIX specification.
>
> And so it went.  There's no formal specification of GNU Linux.
>
> Sigh.
>
> -- gil
>
>

-- 
I have a theory that it's impossible to prove anything, but I can't prove
it.

Maranatha! <><
John McKown

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