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    mru@users.sourceforge.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) writes:

    >> comparing unices and Windoze, is the question "What is an operating
    >> system"? Is the kernel the OS? Are the libraries part of it as well?

    >IMHO, the operating system is whatever is reached through system
    >calls, i.e traps. MS seems to define it as whatever they bundle on
    >the CD.

    99,95+% of the computer users base out there tend to differ. This
    makes your point rather moot :-) (To me, the "OS" consists at least of
    the kernel, c standard library/ies with their support files and enough
    infrastructure to start programs without having to hard code them on a
    kernel boot line or in code. Which is at least /sbin/init and might
    even contain a simple user command shell).

    This definition could fit on a floppy, though. Might even fit on an
    720k diskette. :-) Kernel + /sbin/init + busybox is IMHO an OS.

    If you define "OS" at the syscall layer you end up with what we
    started. Two threads printing 1 0 1 0 1 0 on your screen.

    Regards
    henning


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