*BSD News Article 44884


Return to BSD News archive

Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:1657 alt.folklore.computers:79765
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news1.oakland.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!lgc.com!dildog.lgc.com!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!peter
From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Looking for faulty myths of computer history...
Message-ID: <id.CUDK1.F1J@nmti.com>
Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers
Keywords: myths computer folklore
Sender: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva)
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
References: <3qhvaa$p8m@wumpus.cc.uow.edu.au> <3qjuki$obc@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 21:12:57 GMT
Lines: 17

In article <3qjuki$obc@agate.berkeley.edu>,
Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> "Windows is an operating system"

Come on, Jordan. You know better than that. Windows is a truly horrible
operating system, but it *is* an operating system. It accepts responsibility
for managing all the resources an operating system is normally accepted to
manage. Yes, it uses DOS for its file system, but you could probably boot
FreeBSD diskless from an NT based NFS server (sick an idea as that might
be) and be in the same position.

Well, you'd have a GOOD operating system on top instead of a foul one...
-- 
Peter da Silva                                            `-_-'
Network Management Technology Incorporated                 'U`
1601 Industrial Blvd.     Sugar Land, TX  77478  USA
+1 713 274 5180                                "Har du kramat din varg idag?"