How Microsoft Made A Mockery Of Government Standards (ft. POSIX Subsystem)

NCommander explores the history and technical shortcomings of Microsoft's minimal POSIX subsystem implementation in early Windows NT.

Support the Channel Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/ncommander Patreon: patreon.com/ncommander Come Hang Out: Discord: discord.gg/V8esNah Mastodon: social.restless.systems/@ncommander Wiki: restless.systems Research Notes PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1Mzl8pMgo2yijW_xOB891U83T3909oMO5/vi… Thank you to BlackCoffeeDrinker for editing! Was originally called: How NOT To Implement the POSIX Standard, Featuring Windows NT ... -- There's a lot of half assed computing in the world, but one of the larger cases of when Microsoft implemented the POSIX standard. Originally created to help increase standards compatibility, Microsoft's implementation of the POSIX.1 specification is legendary in just how utter trash it is. Stepping once again into the aegis of NCommander in Realtime, we're once again going to dig out what it takes to build POSIX mode applications for Windows, what exactly the POSIX subsystem is, and see just how much Microsoft half-baked their implementation. Strap yourself ins folks, this one is going to be a wild ride. Music Tracks As Used In Order: - Atlantis - Audionautix - Icelandic Arpeggios - DivKid - To Pass Time - Godmode - Day Sparkles - Geographer - Light-Gazing - Andrew Langdon - Absolutely Nothing - Jeremy Blake - Aioli - Andrew Langdon Atlantis by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: audionautix.com/ #ncommander #retrocomputing #windows