On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:29:08 -0600, Mark Post wrote: >>>> On 8/18/2009 at 9:55 AM, Howard Brazee wrote: >-snip- >> So what are the minimum requirements that a product must have to be an >> "operating system"? > >I can't speak for anyone else, but for me there needs to be: >- Some way to interact with the system (operator's console/commands, >in Linux this would be a shell)
Make up your mind, Mark. Is Linux an operating system or is it not? On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:07:08 -0600, Mark Post wrote: > On 8/17/2009 at 4:53 PM, Tom Marchant wrote: >-snip- >> 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. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
