Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 19:27:26 -0400 From: dennis@et.htp.com (dennis) To: Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD in a Windows World Message-ID: <199508202327.TAA05120@mail.htp.com>
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>In article <199508201613.MAA01700@mail.htp.com>, >dennis <dennis@et.htp.com> wrote: >>A real operating system is one that provides a computer with usable >>services, which both DOS and WINDOS (as it should be called) do. > >An operating system is that component of the software in a computer that >manages system resources. In the case of DOS the operating system is embedded >in every application: just about every resource allocation issue is fobbed >off on the application writer. All DOS manages is storage and a modicum of >device interfaces... and most programs ignore the DOS-provided drivers. > >Windows is better, though it does leave applications responsible for most >scheduling. > >>Academically, it may be the truth, but the point is that its irrelevant. The >>market is driven by functinality, > >The market is not driven by functionality. It's driven by applications. the >market doesn't care what an operating system is so long as it runs their >applications. It doesn't even care much how good those applications are so >long as they can do what they bought them for. Application availability define functionality, so we are basically saying the same thing. db
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