Re: No Microsoft Breakup

[Chris Rehm <javadisciple@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 07 September 2001 06:20 pm, Leif Svalgaard wrote:

> > While my understanding of an OS came from my father who said to
> > me, "If you really want to understand a processor, write an operating
> > system for it."
>
> your father had a point, except that understanding a processor in itself
> is not a useful thing to do. You have to put that understanding to work.

He seemed to do okay.

> My understanding of operating systems comes from having written (or for
> one of them participated in writing it) six of them over the years.
> You'll see that I here take the narrow view that the OS does not include
> the kitchen sink. This was contrary to my other post where I argued that
> the OS was "everything that came with the machine". The point being
> that both positions can be defended and both can be useful.

What I see here is that for a moment you accidentally referred to the actual
operating system. You caught yourself. It's okay, I understand.

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Chris Rehm
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