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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:37:36 -0400
From: jlnance@intrex.net
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Native POSIX Thread Library 0.1
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On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 05:41:37PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

> We are pleased to announce the first publically available source
> release of a new POSIX thread library for Linux.  As part of the
> continuous effort to improve Linux's capabilities as a client, server,
> and computing platform Red Hat sponsored the development of this
> completely new implementation of a POSIX thread library, called Native
> POSIX Thread Library, NPTL.

Is this related to the thread library work that IBM was doing
or was this independently developed?

Thanks,

Jim