Re: Windows an OS? [was Re: STRAW POLL: ...]

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From: Pete SKELLY
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 01:01

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In article <92090.122348CXF111@psuvm.psu.edu> Charles Fee <CXF111@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>
<Gibberish as to why windows is not an OS because it uses DOS for its file
system services>
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Well, so windows uses DOS as its filesystem.
HMMM, OS/2 uses a driver for its filesystems.  So does mach, NT, ...
So I guess they aren't OS's either.

If MS were to package DOS with windows as its filesystem driver, then
would it be an OS.

What if I were running MACH, and I purchased a filesystem driver from
an ISV.  Would my mach be an OS.

Frankly, I think this Windows is/isn't an os argument really doesn't have
much of a point.  Windows gives me enought of the OS-like services that
I need to run my windows applications, and that's all I need.  I suspect
that most real users don't care whether windows is academically an os or not.
They just want to use it to get their work done.

petesk@microsoft.com
My Opinions...

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From: petesk@microsoft.com (Pete SKELLY)
Subject: Re: Windows an OS? [was Re: STRAW POLL: ...]
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