[Gllug] To partition or not to partition

[Nix]

On 21 Oct 2010, Richard Jones spake thusly:
> You can't base stuff on a standard and organization that is opaque and
> (in this case) dead.  Or just opaque and requiring huge fees to be a
> member, as in the case of POSIX.

Anyone can participate in the Austin Group, and anyone can read the
POSIX standard and its rationale. Who *cares* if you're a member, or if
you're 'certified' compliant? You can follow the standard and get all
its benefits (other than marketing box-ticking) without any of that
useless shit.

POSIX is the only thing the Unixlikes *really* have over Windows: a
standard that defines how they must work, which isn't randomly broken
without good reason.

(but, hell, I *know* you know this.)
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