From: Bob Stout 

On 17 Dec 2003 CHARLES.ANGELICH!1.123.140.0{at}filegate.net wrote:

> CA>> Is there such a thing as a posix-ish operating system?
>
> JB> It was a word I made up to describe an environment where
> JB> most but not all of the popular posix system calls are
> JB> implemented and do something useful.
>
> JB> I would include MS-dos since (version 2 or 3) and things
> JB> like Amigados, Tos. etc. and everything that's posix too,
> JB> (*nix. NT etc.)
>
> I don't recall any mention of the word POSIX when MSDOS v2 and
> v3 were in use. Are you sure this isn't revisionist history?

Not really... Posix attempted to standardize operating systems based on a
Unix model. DOS, from Ver. 2 onward, also incorporated many legacy features
inspired by Unix. Since both sprang from a common source, the
characterization is, IMHO, valid.

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