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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:12268 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:105 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!headwall.Stanford.EDU!nntp.Stanford.EDU!yseeley From: yseeley@leland.Stanford.EDU (Yonik Christopher Seeley) Subject: Re: "NT is UNIX" or so Bill Gates says!!! Message-ID: <1993Jul15.044926.16368@leland.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News) Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA References: <1993Jul7.222018.20816@dbsoftware.com> <nagleCA6pqt.J1z@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 93 04:49:26 GMT Lines: 19 In article <nagleCA6pqt.J1z@netcom.com> nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle) writes: >torre@dbsoftware.com (T-Rex Fodder) writes: >>Now I want to know WHAT does this mean?!? >> Is NT UNIX?? > > What it seems to mean is that NT will run most POSIX-compliant >character-based UNIX programs recompiled for NT. This is useful, >but not thrilling. You'll be able to run lots of pre-window UNIX >software, if you have source. Presumably most of the GNU tools will, >with some effort, work. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ With some effort, many of the GNU utilities have been ported to DOS also ;-) > > John Nagle - Yonik Seeley yseeley@cs.stanford.edu