"Robert I. Eachus" wrote in message news:3F84A3F9.6@comcast.net... > Stephane Richard wrote: > > I'm no latin speaking individual > > and I'm curious to know the difference between De-Facto and De-Jure :-). > > although I have an idea based on the context if this quote hehe... > > Roughly "de facto" = "in fact", and "de jure" = "in law". > > In the standards industry, a de facto standard is something most people > use, even though it is not particularly blessed by some standards > organization. Windows is a de facto standard, even if you have no idea > what will happen when you take some action in Windows, the fact that so > many people are using it makes it a de facto standard. Similarly, Linux > is a de facto standard, and POSIX is a de jure standard. Is it possible > for a version of Linux to be POSIX compliant? Sure. In fact, Windows > NT 4.0 was sold as POSIX compliant even if no one other than masochists > tried to use the POSIX interface. ;-) > -- > Robert I. Eachus I hear ya on the masochists....I admit I tried using it back then. but soon realized that I had 2 choices, go to DOS mode, or die still trying to do any kind of POSIX....guess which door I chose? hehehe -- St�phane Richard "Ada World" Webmaster http://www.adaworld.com