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LinuxPR: The Open Group releases new Source book – The UNIX System Today

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 28, 2000

“The Open Group, a vendor and technology-neutral consortium
dedicated to enterprise integration, announced today availability
of a new edition of the Go Solo source book covering the current
state of the art of the UNIX system. The new edition is entitled
The UNIX System Today

“This book provides complete information on what’s new in
the Single UNIX Specification, Version 2 and features of the UNIX
98 Product Standards
, with comprehensive reference material on
every aspect”, said Andrew Josey, Director of Server Platforms at
The Open Group, who edited the book. “What’s more, it’s
authoritative, with papers written by members of the working groups
that developed the specification, and the complete 3000 page Single
UNIX Specification, Version 2 is included on the CD-ROM, together
with other related specifications.”

“This new edition has been expanded and revised to include new
sections on UNIX system networking (Distributed file systems,
WebNFS, NFS, Samba), the X Window System , UNIX system clustering,
the Linux operating system and Open Source in addition to the
material covering the Single UNIX Specification and the UNIX 98
product standards.”

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