____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Wednesday 02 January 2008 16:36 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:08:35 +0000
> <2578175.RYbp0OoQRS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Linux is Not an Operating System
>>
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>> | I've often discussed about this topic with (tech savy) friends and I
>> | always stick to my point that Linux is not an operating system...
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.masuran.org/2007/12/28/linux-is-not-an-operating-system/
>
> I suppose this makes some sense, but really, if one wants
> to talk about operating systems, let's discuss the entire
> system, hardware and all. (A successful C2 certification
> effort for NT did.)
>
> I'll admit to wondering whether/how much of the PCI PC
> has been standardized at all, though, but clearly Ubuntu
> and other such will run on a certain class of hardware
> (not necessarily restricted to x86).
>
> It's nice to see, though, that someone has finally noticed
> outside of our corner of Usenet that the modern PC is
> inherently multilayered (in both Windows and Linux's cases,
> although with Windows the layers are far muddier for most).
>
> [rest snipped for brevity]
When the layers are bundled togther in binary form, then the layering ceases to
have relevance. Don't you agree?
With Linux, you have the sugar, the chocolate, the cherries and also the full
cake. With Windows or Mac OS, all you get is cake (although Apple pushes some
sugar... errr... code out to the Darwinists).
--
~~ Best of wishes
"Hey, Steve, just because you broke into Xerox’s store before I did and took
the TV doesn’t mean I can’t go in later and steal the stereo."
--Bill Gates, Microsoft
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