Re: GNU/Linux Naming

[Noah Slater]

On 06/12/2007, John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> 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.'

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