Re: Adobe Flash
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 09:43:37PM +0300, moxalt wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Nov 2015 10:05:44 -0500, Ric Moore <wayward4now@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. :) )
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