Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 18:30:15 -0600 (MDT) From: allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing Message-ID: <199804270030.SAA26279@const.> In-Reply-To: <3543ADEB.794BDF32@asme.org>
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> Windows 95 is not an OS because it still runs on "top" of DOS, M$ > doesn't admit, but I would not consider it a technicality. > > Linux is not an OS because it doesn't include a standarized set of > commands and utilities. Technically it's only a kernel. In any case what > the end user "see" is not the kernel, but the GNU user land utilities, > an of course this vary in every Linux "flavor" you find: Redhat's OS is > different from Caldera's. > This is pointless nonsense. This _was_ a discussion about market share, not an analysis of operating system manifestations. Technically doesn't matter. You are dwelling on minutia. What makes you think that drawing these distinctions has any relevance? Espousing your anal retentive punditry accomplishes nothing. This thread has lost any usefulness. Standardized is spelled with two d's. Allen Campbell allenc@verinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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