> Ok then, what file constitutes the NT operating system?
I never said that an operating system HAD to be one file. What I SAID
was
that once it can:
accept user input
manage memory
interface with peripherals
then by definition, you have an operating system.
I am not familiar enough with NT to know whether the NT kernel can of
itself
do all this. If it can then it is an OS, if not, then the kernel plus
whatever is needed
to provide these three things is enough.
I don't believe this thread is really in line with the purpose of this
conference and I shall
be silent on this subject from now on.
Regards
Greg
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From: Greg Thomas
To: 'Redhat_Post'
Subject: Re: FW: FW: How is linux not an O/S Was: Re: Want to give back
to lin ux?
Date: Thursday, 26 March 1998 4:21PM
>
> > I'm curious: what one file constitutes the Windows 95 operating
> system?
> > This should be interesting.
>
> No program defines the Windows 95 operating system because Windows 95
> is NOT an operating system. Windows 95 is an application running on
the
> msdos
> OPERATING SYSTEM.
> MSDOS boots, manages memory, peripherals and accepts and acts on user
> input.
> It can do all of these things without any of the windows 95
application
> in place.
> Windows 95 on the other hand can do nothing if I remove the msdos
> operating
> system from underneath it. I can however unplug msdos and replace it
> with some
> other OPERATING SYSTEM and windows will work fine.
Ok then, what file constitutes the NT operating system?
GT
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