-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chuck Esterbrook wrote: > Which term should be used in documentation of, say, an open source > project to refer to: > Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, HP-UX, etc. > > Is "posix" the right term? I hesitate because I think I've seen MS > Windows docs that mention posix compliance for their standard C > functions. And in fact Wikipedia lists Windows NT: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posix > > Or "Unix"? > > Wikipedia uses "Unix-like": > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like > > But also mentions terms like Un*x, *NIX and *N?X: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix#Branding > > What do you guys think?
How about: !Microsoft ;-) POSIX-y is usually what I say. - --Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHdYVQOagjPOywMBARAq1lAJwOmHHCXJaVy8D10+ugor4qAcxXCACgsRp2 VvF0PudKkNfeqzFJ1Wik01k= =P7aF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
