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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (3929)9/13/1997 12:48:00 AM
From: StockMan   of 64865
 
Tutz,
Re -- Some instruction sets have been covered by standards (e.g. SPARC (IEEE 1754), and as I recall some DOD MIL spec processors), and there are standards defining the functional characteristics of OS's (e.g. Posix, see austin.ibm.com )

Posix is not an OS, The standards body which developed this was formed expressly for the purpose of standardizing Unix API's, and it was done because there were so many divergent implementations (similar to the track Java is on now). There is no need for standardization of the Windows API, as there is but one implementation. The complete sparc instruction set is not 1754 compliant, only a subset is. I suggest you do a little more research.

Re -- And hasn't Intel patented the Pentium II "Slot One?" How open is that?

You are confusing standards and patents. They are completely different issues.

Stockman
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