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Re: FW: Let's get System 7.x on top!
prompt (103077.1303@CompuServe.COM) wrote:
: Windows 3.11 IS an operating system, strictly technically speaking.
Yes, it fits many commonly accepted definitions for an "operating system",
but it may fall short in others. It actually depends rather a lot on the
working definition of "operating system" one is using, and in the past
I've seen well-presented arguments on *both* sides of the issue.
IMhO, the precise nature of the environment isn't really important, and
arguments of this sort are little more than an excercise in semantics.
: Don't ask me, ask some authorities (try write to byte or get into
: BIX to check it out) I have no time to explain these trivial craps
: here.
Some of us actually have some formal training in operating systems design
<grin>, and we have some idea what we're talking about when debating the
issue, but you're right that this is not the forum to do so.
A related question, tho: Is Executor an OS? ;-)
-Rich Steiner >>>---> rsteiner@skypoint.com >>>---> Bloomington, MN
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