They were posix certified at some point.
No idea why, but microsoft did go through the hoops to get that.
In practice posix functionality did not work. But they did have a paper saying it generally should.
The unix philosophy is kinda vague and always felt more like do as I say not as I do. But I think the more generous response is that the philosophy is focused on user space applications.
Linux, BSD, macOS, iOS, Android, QNX and so on are all Unix-like operating systems. Windows is the only widely used OS that’s not Unix-like.
They were posix certified at some point.
No idea why, but microsoft did go through the hoops to get that.
In practice posix functionality did not work. But they did have a paper saying it generally should.
What makes you say it doesn’t work? They have a whole POSIX subsystem.
Like ms word and iso.
Ah I figured the monolithic kernel would make it opposite to the unix philosophy.
The unix philosophy is kinda vague and always felt more like do as I say not as I do. But I think the more generous response is that the philosophy is focused on user space applications.