From: "Rich" 

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   The early IBM PCs worked without an OS so you are fishing to switch =
the standard from the PC.  The history is irrelevant as the standard is =
what it is and according to mike miller, linux and the BSDs fail to =
follow it.

Rich

  "Don Hills"  wrote in message =
news:xo+6FtgaXCrR092yn{at}attglobal.net...
  In article , "Rich"  wrote:
  >   The standard from the beginning of the PC is to use local time.  =
The
  >better question is why do linux and the BSDs fail to follow the
  >standard?

  The OSes that evolved on the PC platform are the ones that fail to =
follow
  the standard, which was set long before it came along. The *ix =
derivatives
  follow the standard of the pre-PC *ix(en) that they evolved from. As =
such,
  the PC platform is just another of the multiplatform hosts for *ix(en) =
and
  should be treated the same.

  --=20
  Don Hills
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the BSDs fail to follow it.
Rich
 

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  same.-- Don
Hills

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