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To: dayglored

NT 4 and I think Win 2K had “Unix subsystem for Windows.” They needed it for POSIX compliance.


5 posted on 08/09/2017 6:47:11 AM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: IndispensableDestiny
> NT 4 and I think Win 2K had “Unix subsystem for Windows.” They needed it for POSIX compliance.

Yeah, that's right. The Windows Services for Unix was whipped up back around 2000 so they could claim POSIX. But Microsoft never treated it seriously, it was never very useful, and they nearly deprecated it from time to time.

This time they're running scared and they know that to survive they have to attract Linux users and developers, which is a very different, and much more powerful, motivation.

9 posted on 08/09/2017 10:14:29 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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