IBM First To Receive UNIX 2003 Certification

Hobart writes "Last Wednesday, IBM's AIX was the first to receive the UNIX 2003 certification from The Open Group, beating out Sun, HP, SCO and the rest. No mention anywhere in the branded products register of any Linux/BSD distribution, or Mac OS X. Are any companies still developing software to this certification, or requiring it?"

Comments

perfect

[OffTheLip]

IBM is rivaling Microsoft's uncany knack for aligning their company with revelant dates.

yeah but

[commodoresloat]

IBM had to turn down the certification because they couldn't find the relevant code.

Yes, but how to promote this achievment?

[hey!]

I can see the ads now:

AIX: the only operating system that supports the Unix standard!

Not exactly a selling point for either, eh?

slow news day?

[jmank88]

you know its a slow news day when the article starts with "Last Wednesday..." -jordan

Re:Cute but Pointless Comment

[upsidedown_duck]

The curious thing about the argument regarding IBM is that it avoided the fact that many Americans are not fluent in English, and that IBM apparently must hire only the subset of Americans who are fluent in English. If they don't, and, in reality, they actually hire Americans with a broad spectrum of English proficiency, then the argument defending IBM is moot.

I've worked with Americans my whole life (being an in the USA and all), and, truly, many, if not a majority, of Americans act as if they had just learned their ABCs. It is quite depressing having to read problem reports or e-mails that look like they were written by second graders.