On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 09:43:37PM +0300, moxalt wrote: > On Sun, 22 Nov 2015 10:05:44 -0500, Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > According to you. Not according to "The design of the unix operating > > system", Maurice >> J. Bach, Prentice/Hall, 1986, page 4: > > > > Now that I have cited a definition of "OS", please cite your reference. > > Keep in mind that if your definition causes a student to fail a computer > > literacy exam, then you have caused harm. :/ Ric > > You gave a very unconventional definition of operating system, defining it to > mean the same thing as kernel.
Ummm, that book is a textbook in at least one course. > As for my source I give you- the internet! > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system) > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system > > There is a marked difference. The kernel is clearly defined to be a > fundamental > component of the operating system, not the operating system itself. Give me 5 minutes and I'll soon change that. (Hint ... it's a wiki. :) ) -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
