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- From: ashaw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (andrew.shaw)
- Subject: Re: Windows == OS
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.174804.14940@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- References: <714728840.0@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:48:04 GMT
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- From article <714728840.0@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP>, by Monroe.Thomas@ttlg.UUCP (Monroe Thomas):
- >
- > <Sigh... here we go again!>
- >
- > The definition of an operating system is that it manages
- >
- > 1) memory (I know, a special case of #2)
- > 2) resources
- > 3) processes
- > 4) file system
- >
- > [and then makes the case that these criteria are mostly met].
-
- My $.02: that's fine as far as it goes, but I think a classic OS should
- *stop* after providing these services. The shell, or GUI, or what have
- you, should then be applications using the services of the OS. Windows
- provides too much of an applicationy feel for me to consider it a real
- OS. What they should do is move all of the 4 things above into DOS, and
- then run Windows as an application, a la X. But then I'm a UNIX type.
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