Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:38:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:38:28 -0500 Received: from splat.lanl.gov ([128.165.17.254]:46789 "EHLO balance.radtt.lanl.gov") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:38:27 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 08:44:41 -0700 From: Eric Weigle To: "Joseph D. Wagner" Cc: "'Nicholas Berry'" , wa1hco@adelphia.net, shanehelms@eircom.net, EdV@macrolink.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: is KERNEL developement finished, yet ??? Message-ID: <20021205154441.GO10934@lanl.gov> References: <000401c29c71$5fb52620$43833841@joe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0zDq8CFkxn2hi9iJ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000401c29c71$5fb52620$43833841@joe> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy X-Editor: Vim, http://www.vim.org X-GnuPG-fingerprint: 112E F8CA 12A9 771E DB10 6514 D4B0 D758 59EA 9C4F X-GnuPG-key: http://public.lanl.gov/ehw/ehw.gpg.key Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1811 Lines: 50 --0zDq8CFkxn2hi9iJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >>>Unix (and Linux) developers are far too concerned with clinging to the >>>30-year-old outdated POSIX standard, which creates numerous problems when >>>trying to advance new features.=20 >>Er, 16-year-old maybe? >Wow! I thought I really knew what I was talking about, but you've really >convinced me to see things you're way! >[snip] "In early 1985, the /usr/group committee was merged with the newly formed IEEE POSIX Working Group (POSIX stands for Portable Operating Systems for Computing Environments) and the /usr/group standard was adopted as a first draft." UN*Xen were around for 15 years before anybody was brave (or stupid :) enough to really standardize. The first drafts of these standards are only 16-18 years old. http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-3/unix-standards.html --=20 ------------------------------------------------------------ Eric H. Weigle -- http://public.lanl.gov/ehw/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither" -- Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------ --0zDq8CFkxn2hi9iJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE973Rp1LDXWFnqnE8RAhdDAKDTF813+jH2XBvkvTXr21RS3qKWwQCffgfq iWCNR5dKAp9HTT2NTkIsgTE= =UL1A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0zDq8CFkxn2hi9iJ-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/