Re: Debian + POSIX

1996-10-12 Thread David Frey
Hi Bruce, >Actually, until recently you could only be POSIX compliant by paying >a lot of money. You paid for copies of the standard, you paid for >validation software, and you paid for a POSIX compliance lab to certify >you. So it was a way for the well-funded commercial Linux projects to >differ

Re: Debian + POSIX

1996-10-11 Thread Bruce Perens
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gith) > Is the Debian distribution going to push for POSIX conformity? Yes, because it just got easy and cheap. > I may be missing something here, ( I'm still a relative newbie > to Linux ) but what is the importance of it? After viewing the > Linux-FT web pages, the onl

Debian + POSIX

1996-10-11 Thread Gith
Is the Debian distribution going to push for POSIX conformity? I may be missing something here, ( I'm still a relative newbie to Linux ) but what is the importance of it? After viewing the Linux-FT web pages, the only good thing I can see about a Posix certification is the right to go around patti