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

[John S Quarterman]

I don't recall rms being involved, certainly not in the name. -jsq

On Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 4:21 AM Eric E. Bowles via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> 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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