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From: domo@tsa.co.uk (Dominic Dunlop)
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Subject: _The History of POSIX_, Jim Isaak -- IEEE Computer, July 1989
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From:  Dominic Dunlop <domo@tsa.co.uk>

Just a brief pointer to the article cited in the subject.

%A	Jim Isaak
%T	The history of POSIX: A study in the standards process
%J	IEEE Computer
%V	23
%N	7
%P	89-92
%D	July 1990

It covers the period 1980-1989, and takes POSIX from its origins in
/usr/group, through IEEE, ANSI and NIST to ISO.
-- 
Dominic Dunlop

Volume-Number: Volume 21, Number 40