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Article #4309Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Jeffrey Siegal
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 07:49
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 07:49
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Isaac wrote: > On Sat, 6 Jul 2002 01:18:51 +0000 (UTC), Steve Mading > <madings@baladi.bmrb.wisc.edu> wrote: > >>I agree that it is appropriate. Jeffery, on the other hand, says that >>ONLY the kernel is the OS and nothing else. I'm trying to show >>how a kernel with nothing else is completely useless as a platform >>onto which to put a program. > > I didn't see a Jeffery say that only the kernel is the OS. In fact no one > has said that. People have said that the kernel is AN OS, and Jeffery > doesn't necessarily agree with even that. I would say that a kernel *can be* an OS, when it is used as such (primarily in embedded environments). In other cases (desktop, servers, etc.), I would call it a component of the OS. Nevertheless, you are correct that I did not say that "ONLY the kernel is the OS and nothing else" or anything of the sort.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f8c9b,c2f5a7a6eb2eb0a9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8c9b,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,7144e36039d56e89 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: 1020c6,c2f5a7a6eb2eb0a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1020c6,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-06 00:52:24 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.nuthinbutnews.com!propagator-sterling!news-in.nuthinbutnews.com!feed.textport.net!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-06!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions,gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux? Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 00:49:55 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <3D26A123.4020407@quiotix.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020619 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <25fc8d92.0206150829.2aba827b@posting.google.com> <n36dhucf8bochbnh1lfhtp78lkrrerjpug@4ax.com> <afddm8$94k$1@tilde.itg.ti.com> <3D1A3FFD.4CE18AAC@quiotix.com> <m3ptyc6872.fsf@latakia.dyndns.org> <afiqt1$t1j$1@news.doit.wisc.edu> <3D1CF4D0.8090600@quiotix.com> <afkubh$4t$5@news.doit.wisc.edu> <3D1E6E23.EC9BAD89@quiotix.com> <afs1b3$iki$2@news.doit.wisc.edu> <m3n0tarvev.fsf@latakia.dyndns.org> <afth0g$d85$2@news.doit.wisc.edu> <m3u1nhij1m.fsf@latakia.dyndns.org> <ag5ghr$gd7$2@news.doit.wisc.edu> <slrnaicou1.7f.isaac@latveria.castledoom.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 20