Orn E. Hansen wrote:
> No, Windows is not an interface... and it's a lot more than just a GUI, it's
> an operating system as well (as of Win95, WinNT).
The box that you buy when you buy Windoze 95 contains an operating
system which is called Windows 95. That box contains MSDOS 7.0 and
Windows GUI. Most ppl refer to the GUI as the whole enchalada, thus a
GUI OS but that is not the case. MS just packaged the 2 together and
called them Windows 95 OS.
Just examine the startup sequence or go to MS's web site and get the
toys package that has a control panel addition which gives you several
options about the hidden functions, one of wich allows you to boot into
GUI or DOS prompt.
Additionally if it was the OS there wouldn't be an option in the
preferences of a DOS program to "hide" windows from DOS programs nor the
need to "reboot into DOS" for other programs.
> And that's right, you need to compare X+Window manager, not just X which was
> the issue.
True. Because of the way Windoze is programmed. Otherwise you can
benchmark X without a window manager. But Windoze won't run without
it's window manager counterpart "Explorer" since there is no way to run
programs without it.
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