Originally there were two Unix certifications: POSIX was IEEE and adopted as a FIPS while the other was from what is now The Open Group. I believe that the two specifications have merged.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 11:50 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OMVS External Message: Use Caution On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:53:00 -0600, Jay Maynard wrote: >And it's a remarkable fact that MVS was the first non-Unix to get POSIX >certification... > Oxymoron? Or is "POSIX certification" different from "UNIX Branding"? Otherwise, with that certification MVS lost its distinction as a "non-Unix". Perhaps the word "formerly" belongs there somewhere. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
