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SubjectRe: HW access allowed ?
On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Andrej Presern wrote:

> A _real_ OS doesn't allow you to shoot yourself in the foot if you don't
> want it to but you accidentally squeeze the trigger.

A _real_ OS allows you to shoot yourself in the foot even after you go and
stick your foot in your mouth :)

> David Schwartz wrote:
> >
> > Linux allows the root user to pretty much do whatever he or she wishes.
> > A _real_ O.S. lets you shoot yourself in the foot if you wish to.
> >
> > DS
> >
> > >So Linux allows userland programs to access the hardware directly ?
> > >
> > >And I thought it is a _real_ O.S. ... :-)
> > >
> > >--
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> Andrej Presern, andrejp@luz.fe.uni-lj.si
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