rms had nothing to do with the name posix.  I have no idea where that
comment came from.
The p1003 committee for Ieee was the portable operating system standard and
at the time adding ix was the norm.  POSIX became the term we all used to
refer to the work we doing.  Rms was not involved in any way

Clem

Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual


On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 5:53 PM Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu> wrote:

> Warner Losh wrote in
>  <CANCZdfpSPE0yhgyFch4JDUC1JW17V4pz7cZ2aGpDk+chsY93ig@mail.gmail.com>:
>  |I'll add that POSIX, as we know it today (and really since at least 2000)
>  |is a collaboration between The Open Group, IEEE Std 1003.1-XXXX and
> ISO/IEC
>  |9945:YYYY (collectively known as the Austin Group, though why "Austin" I
>  |cannot say).
>  |
>  |So these days, it's standardized by "both" IEEE and ANSI (in the form of
>  |ISO, of which ANSI is effectively a member).
>
> The explanation is part of the standard
>
> 1
>   The Austin Group is named after the location of the inaugural
>   meeting held at the IBM facility in Austin, Texas in September
>   1998.
> 2
>   The name POSIX was suggested by Richard Stallman. It is expected
>   to be pronounced with the first two syllables as in positive,
>   not poh-six, or other variations. The pronunciation has been
>   published in an attempt to promulgate a standardized way of
>   referring to a standard operating system interface.
>
> --steffen
> |
> |Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
> |der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
> |einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
> |(By Robert Gernhardt)
>