It must be true I read/heard it in the news!

[Uncle Jim]

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