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  3. From: tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
  5. Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! :)
  6. Message-ID: <1i3t4kINN4fe@shelley.u.washington.edu>
  7. Date: 2 Jan 93 11:09:08 GMT
  8. Article-I.D.: shelley.1i3t4kINN4fe
  9. References: <1992Dec22.095022.21715@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <BzoytD.H4p@csulb.edu> <1992Dec23.144151.29932@tc.cornell.edu>
  10. Organization: University of Washington School of Law, Class of '95
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  14. bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
  15. >From a programmer's point of view there is no real separation between 
  16. >applications & system software. Almost every application involve
  17. >some interaction with the system or system calls. This separation 
  18. >exists only in the mind of the FTC.
  19.  
  20. What is your definition of "system software"?
  21.  
  22. --Tim Smith
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