> Or Botton wrote:
> > Windows 9x loads from DOS. But DOS remains in memory while Windows
> > starts, and even while you work. Infact, Windows 9x quit back to DOS
> > once finished. (though its hiding it by pasting an image in the video
> > buffer and locking the keyboard. There is a way to make windows
> > not lock the keys, which leave you free to use "mode co80" to
> > refresh the video and see the real picture.. that is, the good ol'
> > COMMAND.COM prompt.)
> > Therefor, Windows 9x is NOT an OS.
So what else is new? M$ has been lying and calling Windows an "Operating
System" instead of an "Operating Environment" since at least version 3.1.
DOS (be it MS-DOS, IBM DOS, DR-DOS, FreeDOS, etc) is an operating system,
OS/2 is an operating system.
Windows NT/2000 is an operating system.
Unix/Linux/FreeBSD are operating systems.
Windows 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x (9x) are not and never will be operating
systems, any more than DesqView is (was?) an operating system. They are
operating ENVIRONMENTS, add-ons to the operating system.
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