It must be true I read/heard it in the news!
Uncle Jim
jim at jimani.com
Fri Jul 2 06:20:12 CDT 2004
On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 07:49:41AM -0500, Brian Densmore wrote:
> > CMD.EXE is a shell that executes as a native process.
> CMd.exe executes as a window it does not have direct access to the hardware. A shell would have
> direct access to the hardware. There is a difference.
An OS is a program that talks to the hardware and other programs.
A shell is a program that talks to the OS and the user.
> One thing we agree, it's time to move on.
I think Hitler would agree, too.
--
Jim
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