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- From: "bill dehaan" <bill.dehaan@canrem.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: posix support.
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.1481.4388@dosgate>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 22:00:33 EST
- Reply-To: "bill dehaan" <bill.dehaan@canrem.com>
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
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- OC>Did I imagine this, or isn't POSIX support going to be part of OS/2?
- OC>Does anyone know what the situation is? When is it available? Is it
- OC>going to be part of the basic OS/2, or is it an extra option (how much?).
- OC>Will it be a full implementation, or just a subset?
-
- No, it is not going to be a part of OS/2. Currently, IBM lists it as a
- "future direction" for OS/2, but that's probably years away. We called
- Bob Blair (the owner of the OS2POSIX forum within IBM) and checked it
- out a few weeks ago and the response was pretty much that IBM considers
- it a low priority (although Bob feels differently, of course).
-
- If you really want the details, you can contact Bob at 512-838-2942.
- He's pretty much the Posix guru inside big blue.
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