Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Joe Ragosta
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:30

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In article <4j7ek8$vst@news.erie.net>, pce@moose.erie.net (Paul
Christenson) wrote:

> Dan Pop (danpop@mail.cern.ch) wrote:
> 
> : Can you use a Unix system without a shell?  Try to remove all the shells
> : from your Unix system and see what you get :-)
> 
> Can you use DOS without its shell?  (Try deleting COMMAND.COM and see 
> what happens.)
> 
> Can you use a Mac without its shell?  (I believe it's Finder.)

Actually, yes. For many utilities, you make a startup disk which doesn't
have a Finder.

> 
> The point is, the shell is a necessary part of the OS.  It also is what 
> people look at, and identify with an OS.

-- 
Regards,       Joe Ragosta

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From: jragosta@dca.net (Joe Ragosta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 08:30:42 -0500
Organization: Graver Chemical
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