On 18 Aug 2009 08:05:41 -0700, mp...@novell.com (Mark Post) wrote: >We're not talking about embedded operating systems, are we? There's a reason >why the name is qualified >with "embedded" after all.
Such a qualification doesn't disqualify it from being an operating system. We can qualify operating systems many ways, and even have operating systems within operating systems. We can have an operating system on disk in an iPod - pretty powerful, but with no need of a printer driver. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
