On 06/12/2007, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Noah Slater writes: > > I disagree, we have the POSIX specifications to layout exactly what it > > means to be an operating system. > > We have many official standards. That was not the question.
The original quesion was 'Is there a widely agreed-upon meaning of the phrase "operating system"?' and my totally appropriate answer is 'yes, the term "operating system" is implicitly defined in the POSIX specifications.' -- Noah Slater <http://bytesexual.org/> "Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results." - R. Stallman _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
