> > The whole idea of an "operating system" seems to have morphed into the > notion of a user interface. > > To my way of thinking,t he various flavors of Linux are really a user > interface build on a single operating system. >
Has anybody else noticed that the meaning of "portable code" seems to have morphed into "can be built on two or three different flavours of Linux"? > > One thing you can depend upon in this field is the inconstancy of > definitions. > Agreed. Regards, Peter Coghlan