Re: TIB: HAL win95/dos

Re: TIB: HAL win95/dos

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• Subject: Re: TIB: HAL win95/dos
• From: Rene Kragh Pedersen <u971168@daimi.aau.dk>
• Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 20:11:24 +0100
• Organization: DAIMI - Department of Computer Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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Douglas S. Oliver wrote:
> 
> The following definitions are taken from the Glossary of Computer Terms provided on the Microsoft.com technical support web site.

[...]

Popular operating systems include Windows 95, Windows NT, Mac OS, and
UNIX. Also called executive. Acronym: OS.

[...]

Michael Van Der Kolk wrote:


> > > "Windows 95 is an environment, not an operating system. It rides on top of DOS. Many of the funcions that Windows preforms take place through DOS." ‹‹ Inside Windows NT Workstation pg. 57
[...]

P1: One (or both) sources must be wrong.
P2: Source #1 is (indirectly) Microsoft.
P3: Source #2 is (indirectly) Microsoft.
----------------------------------------------------
C1: Microsoft is either wrong, wrong, or both... :-)

-- 
          Rene Kragh Pedersen
------------------------------------------------------------------
man: Why did you get a divorce?
man:: Too many arguments.

• Re: TIB: HAL win95/dos
• From: Rene Kragh Pedersen <u971168@daimi.aau.dk>
• Re: TIB: HAL win95/dos
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