Re: Tastes gross/more fattening (repost (last attempt only got ~1 site))

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From: Jim Mann
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 12:28

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A few months ago, the OS/2 fanatics were telling us that DOS isn't
really an operating system. It's just a program loader and 
primitive file system.  Now, they tell us that Windows is not
an OS because it needs an OS (DOS -- the same DOS a few months
ago several folks claimed wasn't really an OS) to run.  

Definitions are not hard and fast.  Is a 486/33 a PC or is
it a workstation?  Is Windows an OS or an application (or some
fuzzy middle ground called an operating environment)?  Who
knows.  Does it matter that much?

--
Jim Mann                                       
jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com 
Stratus Computer

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