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Date:      Mon, 27 Apr 1998 15:04:48 +0100 (BST)
From:      Ben Cohen <bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
To:        jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.95q.980427150406.23293A-100000@red.csi.cam.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980427095851.13346A-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net>

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>> > Windows 95 is not an OS because it still runs on "top" of DOS, M$
>> > doesn't admit, but I would not consider it a technicality.
>> 
>> Ridiculous! Windows 95 uses only the BIOS/DOS when native code cannot
>> be used. Even FreeBSD uses the BIOS for certain things, are you saying
>> that FreeBSD isn't an OS because of that?

Does FreeBSD use the BIOS for anything other than booting up and
installation?

Ben.


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