While resding throuh the MPE tutorial for POSIX, I came upon this question
set after a chapter explaining POXIS, I thought it very irinic:

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: Before we proceed, let's stop to ask a question, just to ensure you've got
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: the fundamental idea.  Which of the following statements best summarizes
the :
: reason why HP has brought POSIX compliant interfaces to the MPE/iX
operating :
: system and the HP3000?
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: a)    POSIX is the first step in HP's plan to move all HP3000 users to
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:       UNIX
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: b)    POSIX is a tool that HP is using to bring new applications to MPE
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:       from the UNIX environment.
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: c)    POSIX is a piece of software that HP is using to eventually combine
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:       the HP3000 and the HP9000 into a single system.
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: Choose the best answer, and press the corresponding key: "A", "B" or "C".
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