[ale] Very Important Linux Announcement

[Jeffrey Thompson]

I'm pleased to hear about the POSIX certification. I hope this will be the
catalyst for more commercial applications (like DBMS) to be supported on
Linux  in the future.

Does anyone know of a linux hyperlink that tracks the commercial support of
Linux in the various areas of the computer industry?

Thanks,

Jeffrey Thompson

>                    POSIX.1 (FIPS 151-2) Certification
>
>                        A Historic Development!!
>
>         (Availability : Intel and Digital ALPHA Architectures)
>
>Linux has achieved certification against a major International Standard
>recognised and implemented throughout the computer industry. Announced
>at the Open Group meeting of X/Open and the OSF in San Fransisco on 9th
>March 1996 and at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany. The interest in this
>release from the Application vendors is considerable (this is English
>understatement :)  as this release allows almost seamless porting of
>almost all UNIX applications to Linux.
>
>The POSIX.1 FIPS151-2 certification will directly provide Linux
>developers and users with both a "Feel Good" and a "Feel Safe" factor.
>