Yolanda wrote:
>(M$ party line?) Windows 9x is an Operating system because it addresses
>hardware directly. They define and operating system as that which directly
>addresses the hardware.
That would make most (all?) graphical DOS programs OS.
IMO an OS is something that can run without any need to start anything else
before on the computer.
Win9x is therefor not an OS just a package of an OS, MS-DOS 7.x, a GUI
(perhaps GU Envirnoment would be better?), Windows 4.x, and a browser, IE
x.x. (Along with other small/big utilities).
Caldera ran Windows 4.x on top of DR-DOS 7.0x (7.02 IIRC but I'm not certain).
There's no way an OS is something that needs an OS to start. (to switch to
is another thing - but DOS 7.x is still there after/during Windows 4.x is
running).
That M$ can change the definition doesn't make the new one true, just look
at how they have changed the definition for "good", "better" and "faster"
they are the diffrence then what most people think. "Getting more out of
your computer" might be true since more is needed to run new versions.
//Bernie
http://hem1.passagen.se/bernie/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
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