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Re: Ubuntu developers are also contributing to the HURD

Re: Ubuntu developers are also contributing to the HURD

Posted Aug 19, 2008 23:39 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Re: Ubuntu developers are also contributing to the HURD by tjc
Parent article: In defense of Ubuntu

Hey, RMS picked 'POSIX', which isn't a bad name (certainly not compared to 
the awful alternatives that were bandied about at the time: anyone else 
remember 'IEEIX' or whatever it was? Sounded like someone screaming in 
pain...)


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