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From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Also Interested: Future of VAX Ultrix
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.165140.24395@news.larc.nasa.gov>
Date: 8 Apr 91 16:51:40 GMT
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In article <1991Apr4.180035.19300@news.arc.nasa.gov> mcmahon@tgv.com writes:
>In article <1991Apr3.160216.23975@bony1.bony.com>, billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill Gripp) writes:
>
>#Then of course there is the other rumor that DEC will make VMS POSIX
>#compliant and so everybody will want VMS not UNIX.
>
>I went to a Digital talk on VMS POSIX over a year ago at DECUS...  So the part
>about VMS POSIX being a rumor is (most likely) fact.

No, it's a fact that DEC will be introducing POSIX compatibility libraries
for VMS.  It's a rumor that they will actually be compatible with anything.
--scott