On 17 Aug 2009 14:08:29 -0700, mp...@novell.com (Mark Post) wrote: >> He also said, "Linux is not an operating system". > >He's right, it's not. Strictly speaking, Linux is the kernel (think >IEANUC01), and nothing else. >That's one of the reasons Richard Stallman thinks it should be called >"GNU/Linux" because >many of the other things that make up an operating system were originally >developed by >the Free Software Foundation. Of course, that would be cumberson and also >slight all the >non-FSF projects out there that contribute to the OS, so few non-Debian users >do that.
So what are the minimum requirements that a product must have to be an "operating system"? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
