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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just a little fun fact: POSIX does not specify any standard filesystem directories in the way that the FreeDesktop Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) does for Linux and Unix-likes. MacOS remains a fully POSIX-certified Unix system.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Wasn't windows NT posix at one point?

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  • They had a really bad POSIX subsystem that was coded by an intern, so they could say "We're compliant" and get some sweet government contracts.

    NCommander made a lot of videos about it on YouTube and had to patch the hell out of it to even get the most basic programs to run.

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