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?"

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.

I just find it interesting...

[FooAtWFU]

that this standard is called Unix 2003, and now (towards the end of 2004) there is exactly one system which is certified. Compare to the rest of the software world... :)

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

Well here's a SCO joke....

[overbyj]

Why did Darl McBride cross the road?

Because his code had been misappropriated into the chicken which was now on the other side.

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.

Please note

[Anonymous Coward]

That SCO, the self purported "owners of the UNIX operating system," are behind IBM in meeting the latest UNIX standards.

Re:Cute but Pointless Comment

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't believe you are an American. Reason? Simple. Because you use commas and complex sentences. And, to make things worse, you do it correctly. (If I were to guess, I would say: United Kingdom. Am I right?) That's why I don't believe in a single word in you post. Sorry.

dogged success

[Doc Ruby]

Now IBM's "lost AIX source code" makes sense: they actually pulled off, at the Unix Certification, the old fantasy of "the dog ate my homework"!

SuSE Linux...

[jd]

...actually has got a C2 certification, with help from IBM. As such, the German distribution is the only one that can legally be used by the US DoD. Ok, so the invasion takes place 50 years later than planned. What's a bit of transatlantic lag?

MS Windows

[ChiralSoftware]

I wonder why MS doesn't get its Server 2003 Unix-certified. If they really want to break into the server business, that would be a logical thing for them to do, and they have the resources to do it. Yes, funny as it sounds, there's no reason why Windows Server 2003 couldn't become an officially-certified Unix, just like Linux could if someone bothered to take it through the certification process.