LX06/-0005 LINUX STUDY GROUP RECOMMENDATION TO THE INCITS EB ON (SC22docs.2619) N4160 - <br> CD REGISTRATION AND APPROVAL BALLOT FOR ISO/IEC CD 9945, POSIX

LX/06-0005

December 22, 2006

LINUX STUDY GROUP RECOMMENDATION TO THE INCITS EB ON (SC22docs.2619) N4160 -
CD REGISTRATION AND APPROVAL BALLOT FOR ISO/IEC CD 9945, POSIX

Dave Thewlis
Convenor, INCITS Linux Study Group

1.   The SC 22 Secretariat has circulated two letter ballots on POSIX via JTC 1 SC 22 N 4160, CD Registration and Approval Ballot for ISO/IEC CD 9945, POSIX

2.   As the United States no longer has a technical committee on POSIX, the INCITS Executive Board will submit the U.S. votes on this ballot to SC 22. It is our understanding that the INCITS Executive Board will determine its votes at its January, 2007, meeting.

3.   The INCITS Study Group on Linux has been tasked with providing appropriate recommendations to the INCITS Executive Board on POSIX matters as they are closely related to Linux. Therefore, the INCITS Study Group on Linux recomments that the U.S. vote as follows:

N4160 Part 1, CD REGISTRATION:

YES

N4160 Part 2, CD APPROVAL BALLOT:

NO: Comments: The US supports the progression of this document but notes the other negative ballot comments submitted to the Austin Group during this open ballot process. The US is committed to working with the Austin Group to resolve these comments. At that point, the US will withdraw any objection.

4. These recommendations are supported unanimously by the five voting members of the INCITS Study Group on Linux: Hewett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Sun Microsystems, and USENIX..

Respectfully Submitted,

Dave Thewlis
Convenor, INCITS Study Group on Linux