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

[Eric E. Bowles via TUHS]

Just another reference, this one from the Open Group:

https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html

    POSIX™ 1003.1 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ Version 1.18)

    Q0. What is POSIX? What is POSIX.1?

    [...] The name POSIX was suggested by Richard Stallman. It is expected to be pronounced pahz-icks, 
    as in positive, not poh-six, or other variations.

--eric

> On Jun 27, 2024, at 10:11, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at lemis.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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