Mike Pellegrino wrote:

>a bunch of stuff about Windows CE, all correct.
> 
> What do people think of this off-the-cuff statement?
> 
> The Palm OS is an operating environment that sits on top of an operating
> system much in the same way that Windows 3.1 was as it sat on top of
> DOS.  The distinction is important for the truly anal retentive.  The
> Palm OS itself defers basic operating system services to the Kadak RTOS
> which it runs on top of much in the same way that Windows 3.1 deferred
> basic services to DOS.

Except that DOS is not a pre-emptive multi-tasking kernel...

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