Sascha Wilde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 08:30:05AM +0200, David Kastrup wrote: >> "Richard M. Stallman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > Linux is not really a program in the usual sense. >> > >> > It is a program, in the usual sense of the word. >> > You must have some unusual sense of the word in mind. >> >> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system> >> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_program> > > Lets have a look: > > Operating system > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. > > In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software > [...] > > ... well ... > > System software > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. > > System software is a generic term referring to any computer > software whose purpose is to help run the computer system. > > ... ok, so it's "computer software", now, what's that? > > Computer software > From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. > > Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more > computer programs held in the storage of a computer for some > purpose. > > ... and here we go, it's a "computer program" (what a surprise) -- > your second link. :)
According to your reference interpreting skills, GNU/Linux would count as just "a computer program", too. So we are back at square one. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
