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On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 19:33:58 -0500, Michael Melanson wrote:
>Didn't they support an "Unix subsystem" on older versions of NT, to emulate
>console Unix apps? I seem to remember something about a that a while ago.

	Many versions of Windows have an almost completely useless POSIX subsystem. 
It supplies everything POSIX demands and not a drop more, including 
essentially no way to interact with the other subsystems. I believe Microsoft 
implemented it simply to be able to put a checkbox next to 'POSIX compliant'.

	DS


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