According to David Lethe:
>
> >"cut our losses ..." could mean many things, but a statement like
> >this would not seem to validate the "open systems" picture of Posix ...
>
> I feel I need to respond, as the person that originally announced our
> product.
>
> POSIX does not address hardware device drivers.  Even though the 9x7/9x8,
> and new 9x9 boxes use the same peripherals and SCSI controllers, we still
> have problems to address ...
>
> Remember, operating systems as diverse as MPE/iX, VMS, and UNIX (not ALL
> vendors UNIX platforms) offer POSIX compatibility at one level or another.
> But that doesn't mean the drivers will work on other machines, or will
> even recompile on other machines (like the vendor's would release the source
> code anyway!!!).
>
> David Lethe
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Thanks for your comments. Could you expand on what makes support for
MPE different?
 
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