It depends on your definition of a "usable_computer"  I've worked on a number 
of embedded systems which have RAM, a CPU, and a motherboard and did not 
provie bash, or libc, or init.  They most defiantly are computers and most 
everyone agrees that VXWorks and the likes are operating systems.

dave

On Monday 09 February 2004 09:43, Andrew Jorgensen wrote:
>  It seems you've missed my entire point. You can have a working, usable
>
> > _computer_ without X. You can't have a working, usable _computer_ without
> > bash, or libc, or init. You can't have a working, usable _computer_
> > without RAM, a CPU, and a motherboard.


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