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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!news.jhu.edu!aplcenmp!night.primate.wisc.edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!gw1.att.com!nntphub.cb.att.com!not-for-mail From: dyson@inuxs.inh.att.com (John S. Dyson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Historic Opportunity facing Free Unix (was Re: The Lai/Baker paper, benchmarks, and the world of free UNIX) Date: 22 Apr 1996 15:29:34 GMT Organization: AT&T Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4lg8ku$1ao@nntpb.cb.att.com> References: <NELSON.96Apr15010553@ns.crynwr.com> <Pine.3.91.960417210610.23800C-100000@galactica.cs.odu.edu> <4l5svl$1eam@news.missouri.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: inuxs.inh.att.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21794 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:700 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3333 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3176 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17693 comp.os.linux.advocacy:46300 In article <4l5svl$1eam@news.missouri.edu>, Justin "Rhys Thuryn" McNutt <rhys@vortex.cc.missouri.edu> wrote: > >The kernel IS the OS. All else are just programs and libs that the OS USES. > The programs use the kernel. When all is said and done, the kernel is kind-of a bunch of subroutines to make program writing easier. Kernels are pretty much useless without apps. Apps can be embedded, system utlities, or end-user like Word :-). I guess it can be a pretty sight to see the kernel probe the devices, but it would be boring after that. John