[TUHS] Origin of the name POSIX (was: ANSI (C) vs IEEE (POSIX) Standards Body Selection)

[Warner Losh]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 8:12 PM Ron Natalie <ron at ronnatalie.com> wrote:

> RMS is an odiferous pedophile.
> Every time I was within six feet of him I needed to go shower.
>

Despit his many legit accomplishments, he likes to amplify what he's done
and take undo credit...

I've never been close enough to verify the odiferous trait...

Warner

Warner


> ------ Original Message ------
> From "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog at lemis.com>
> To "Clem Cole" <clemc at ccc.com>
> Cc "Alan Coopersmith" <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>; "Marc Rochkind"
> <mrochkind at gmail.com>; tuhs at tuhs.org
> Date 6/26/24, 9:11:00 PM
> Subject [TUHS] Origin of the name POSIX (was: ANSI (C) vs IEEE (POSIX)
> Standards Body Selection)
>
> >On Wednesday, 26 June 2024 at 20:44:12 -0400, Clem Cole wrote:
> >>  rms had nothing to do with the name posix.  I have no idea where that
> >>  comment came from.
> >
> >At the very least, from rms himself:
> >https://stallman.org/articles/posix.html
> >There's a reference to this page in the Wikipedia page on POSIX.
> >
> >>  The p1003 committee for Ieee was the portable operating system
> standard and
> >>  at the time adding ix was the norm.  POSIX became the term we all used
> to
> >>  refer to the work we doing.  Rms was not involved in any way
> >
> >rms suggests that he was involved in the committee?  Not true?  Maybe
> >a different, related committee?
> >
> >Greg
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