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0 pointsahoka10y ago0 comments

Yes, it means that someone payed money for a useless certificate. Nothing more, nothing less.

BTW, Linux is UNIX too!

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pjmlp10y ago

So all APIs provided by all Linux distributions fully support the POSIX specification to the smallest detail?

ahokaOP10y ago

Maybe after some nonsense like "export POSIXLY_CORRECT" and defining a few macros.

pjmlp10y ago

Which means it isn't actually a proper UNIX out of the box.

tpush10y ago

"POSIX_ME_HARDER"

Yes, the certificate is useless

Unfortunately some people will only sign big cheques if the given useless certificate is present

simonh10y ago

Hey, before you call certificates like that 'useless' just think of the thousands of government jobs that depend on them!

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0 pointsahoka10y ago0 comments

Yes, it means that someone payed money for a useless certificate. Nothing more, nothing less.

BTW, Linux is UNIX too!

pjmlp10y ago

So all APIs provided by all Linux distributions fully support the POSIX specification to the smallest detail?

ahokaOP10y ago

Maybe after some nonsense like "export POSIXLY_CORRECT" and defining a few macros.

pjmlp10y ago

Which means it isn't actually a proper UNIX out of the box.

tpush10y ago

"POSIX_ME_HARDER"

Yes, the certificate is useless

Unfortunately some people will only sign big cheques if the given useless certificate is present

simonh10y ago

Hey, before you call certificates like that 'useless' just think of the thousands of government jobs that depend on them!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse