Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 12:51:29 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: james@wgold.demon.co.uk (James Mansion) Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pcvt/132 columns Message-ID: <199703141951.MAA01308@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3327C3FC.3BDF@wgold.demon.co.uk> from "James Mansion" at Mar 13, 97 09:08:12 am
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This is a stupid thread, but... > > Will you accept Tannebaum as a reference, or is that too prejudicial? 8-). > > No, I will not accept Tannenbaum. Deitel, others? > > Would *you* accept that the common language usage suggests that it is an > OS, and that some of your criticisms of it are unfounded? If you will accept common language usage suggests that "IRC is Cyberspace" in the Gibsonian definition. > Do you believe that real time environments that do not preemtively > schedule and/or do not have full memory protection are not 'operating > systems'? I think full memory protection for processes is a requirement. An RT system, as long as it runs "drivers" instead of "processes" still qualifies. The issue is not when a protection domain is crossed, but whether or not there are protections domains *to* cross. > The list of systems currently accepted as operating systems but that > will be ruled out by one or more of your criteria is quite long. I know. Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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