Comment Re:integrated development (Score 1) 676
Hmmm.... personally I see the OS as the kernel, along with the really core services.
Essentially most OS's provide a C level API, accessable either through a command line shell, or some sort of GUI. I do not consider these to be really part of the OS.
After all, I use the Korn shell on NT, with all my favourite '*nix' tools. *But*, they are not *nix tools are they? They are simple file manipulation tools, which could be ported to any platform. To say otherwise is to suggest MacOS and Windows are Xerox systems :)
The tools are *not* the OS.
Let's not forget NT what developed in C, by the VMS guys, and is POSIX compliant (or so MS claims) :)
Essentially most OS's provide a C level API, accessable either through a command line shell, or some sort of GUI. I do not consider these to be really part of the OS.
After all, I use the Korn shell on NT, with all my favourite '*nix' tools. *But*, they are not *nix tools are they? They are simple file manipulation tools, which could be ported to any platform. To say otherwise is to suggest MacOS and Windows are Xerox systems
The tools are *not* the OS.
Let's not forget NT what developed in C, by the VMS guys, and is POSIX compliant (or so MS claims)
