
4.5.2 DCE and OpenEdition MVS
Figure 59. DCE and OpenEdition MVS
Key Points
DCE requires POSIX functions that are provided by MVS OpenEdition.
Presentation Script
DCE was built from technology gathered from the UNIX world. In the bottom
boxes of the foil are shown the functions provided by MVS OpenEdition. POSIX
1003.1 provides the base operating system services (process, file system, and
communications). POSIX 1003.2 and 10003.2a define over 180 commands and
utilities, mainly used by administrators and application developers. POSIX
1003.4a is the standard on which DCE threads is based. There is no need to
implement the threads support shipped with OSF/DCE ...