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life after Windows....
Mxsmanic wrote:
No. Most operating systems will run out of the box. All operating systems run out of the box. Otherwise they cannot be called an operating system. Rubbish. If Win32 is so complete, why are people abandoning Internet Explorer in favour of Firefox and acquiring other software to run on it? The browser is not part of the OS. They can run whatever applications they want. Microsoft claim that Internet Explorer is part of their OS. Try and uninstall it. You don't have that option. The reason they rewrote Windows to include Internet Explorer as part of the operating system was to get around a monopoly lawsuit. Not all of them. Probably around 50%. Well-behaved MS-DOS applications still run (those that actually call MS-DOS, instead of trying to manipulate the hardware). MS-DOS does not supply APIs for accessing hardware. All MS-DOS applications access hardware directly. |
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life after Windows....
White Spirit writes:
All operating systems run out of the box. Otherwise they cannot be called an operating system. That's one reason why Linux isn't an operating system. Microsoft claim that Internet Explorer is part of their OS. Try and uninstall it. You don't have that option. The fact that you cannot uninstall something doesn't mean that it's part of the operating system, no matter what Microsoft might say. The reason they rewrote Windows to include Internet Explorer as part of the operating system was to get around a monopoly lawsuit. Which version of Windows did this? MS-DOS does not supply APIs for accessing hardware. All MS-DOS applications access hardware directly. There are standard service calls for accessing the hardware. |
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life after Windows....
Mxsmanic wrote:
White Spirit writes: All operating systems run out of the box. Otherwise they cannot be called an operating system. That's one reason why Linux isn't an operating system. Linux is a kernel; GNU/Linux is an operating system. How many times to you need to have this explained to you? Microsoft claim that Internet Explorer is part of their OS. Try and uninstall it. You don't have that option. The fact that you cannot uninstall something doesn't mean that it's part of the operating system, no matter what Microsoft might say. They coded it so that parts of IE are used by Windows Explorer. It's completely disingenuous, but that's MS for you. The reason they rewrote Windows to include Internet Explorer as part of the operating system was to get around a monopoly lawsuit. Which version of Windows did this? XP and Vista certainly do. I'm not sure which was the first version to do so. MS-DOS does not supply APIs for accessing hardware. All MS-DOS applications access hardware directly. There are standard service calls for accessing the hardware. Service calls, but no useful APIs. |
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White Spirit writes:
Linux is a kernel; GNU/Linux is an operating system. Combining parts to simulate an operating system isn't the same as building one from the ground up. They coded it so that parts of IE are used by Windows Explorer. Which parts? XP and Vista certainly do. In what way? Service calls, but no useful APIs. A service call is an API. |
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life after Windows....
In message , White Spirit
writes Mxsmanic wrote: No. Most operating systems will run out of the box. All operating systems run out of the box. Otherwise they cannot be called an operating system. That is complete CRAP. The OS supply need a BSP and to be configured and then built. One of the is a SIL3 RTOS -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ |
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life after Windows....
Chris H writes:
That is complete CRAP. The OS supply need a BSP and to be configured and then built. One of the is a SIL3 RTOS If you take a Mac out of the box and plug it in, it works. |
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life after Windows....
On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:08:39 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote:
Chris H writes: That is complete CRAP. The OS supply need a BSP and to be configured and then built. One of the is a SIL3 RTOS If you take a Mac out of the box and plug it in, it works. What if no one is there to observe it? -- web site at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ - news comment service, logic, economics, energy, education, politics, etc .... no tits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the working class [] don't feed the squirrels can kiss my arse [] I mean the tories i've got the foreman's job at last [] never trust a man with a wig only when it's money -- i chav made good -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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life after Windows....
In message , Mxsmanic
writes Chris H writes: That is complete CRAP. The OS supply need a BSP and to be configured and then built. One of the is a SIL3 RTOS If you take a Mac out of the box and plug it in, it works. Both mine do. Actually so do the 6 PC's However I have systems without an OS and I have OS's you have to build to make them work on a system. -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ |
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