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1. Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2019 03:09:55 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen
   Oh, hey—I was recently quoted in this article on opensource.com: "What is POSIX? Richard Stallman explains—Discover what's behind the standards for operating system compatibility from a pioneer of computer freedom" https://opensource.com/article/19/7/what-posix-richard-stallman-explains
   • Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2019 03:15:24 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen
     I do love the origin story for the #POSIX #name, from #rms:
     «The committee put on "IEEEIX" as the concise name. I did not think that was a good choice. It is ugly to pronounce—it would sound like a scream of terror, "Ayeee!" …»
   • Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Saturday, 10-Aug-2019 03:42:57 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen
     A new way (or a #GNU way...) to feel #olde: "why, I remember when all these #POSIX standard features were still GNU-specific!"