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From: Tim O'Neil <toneil@visigenic.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 12:50:12 +0000
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Khan Klatt wrote:

> I'd rather point out that Windows(95/NT) without "EXPLORER.EXE" or
> Windows 3.1 without "PROGMAN.EXE" is as functional as Linux without (as
> you say)
> "init, sh, ls..."

Actually, if I may pick a nit, windows 3.1/95 are indeed functionally
useless, at least in any power sense, as they are clueless when it
comes to process management. Which is the essential part of any modern
operating system. NT on the other hand, does have a capable process
management subsystem and you can get ports of grep, ps, tar, emacs,
perl, even vi. Running it over ntfs it is a fully posix compliant
system. You could blow off (although I wouldn't) explorer and it
would behave much like any other unix box. I'd still rather run
bsd though. Actually I run both.