What is an Operating System (was Electronics Barn closing)

From: JimD <jimmydevice_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue Aug 3 01:30:07 2004

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

>On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, David V. Corbin wrote:
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>>>>>>>OH, like DOS again!
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>>>>>>DOS is an operating system? ;)
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>>>>> Windows is not. It is an application interface.
>>>>>Dwight
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>>Quite true for Windows 3.1, 3.11 95, 98. [i.e. NOT an OS]
>>Not true NT3.51, NT4.0, 2000, 2003. [i.e. Validly called an OS]
>>Debatable for XP, ME
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>Um, XP is based on 2000. It's the only really "stable" (I put that in
>quotes because my system has been teetering on the brink of oblivion for
>the past week...I just have too many open windows going to conveniently
>reboot) release of Windows so far.
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>ME is definitely a pile of shit.
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W2K is your best bet for a semi stable gates sourced O/S. If you want to
play games,
It's your only option for now ;-)
Jim Davis.
For Now.....
Received on Tue Aug 03 2004 - 01:30:07 BST