On 1999-09-25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Yolanda> said:
>>Which is also not the topic. We're just trying to determine what
>>is an OS, and what is not.
>>The conclusion for this thread, if there is any, can help to
>>determine if Windows 9x really IS a standalone OS, or just a GUI
>>shell on a new version of DOS.
>> Or Botton
>What they are teaching us at school. Or rather, it was for the A+
>certification:
>(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.
My view of the matter, Yolanda, is that what ultimately defines a computer
operating system is not nearly as significant as the quality and *efficacy*
of any given operating system. Since computers are fundamentally designed
with digital principles and mathematical logic, wouldn't it be more
reasonable to assume that their most transparent operating system should
reflect these basic facts? Granted, many folks don't prefer a transparent
world. They would prefer to mask the ugly realities with pictures. Yet
logic can be beautiful. It has its place. So do pictures. I learned how
to draw pictures in Kindergarten and learned to write grammatically correct
sentences several years later...
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