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Marin David Condic wrote:
> You would be suggesting that Windows does not qualify as an Operating
> System? I've heard it described as a Computer Virus with a GUI Interface.

And, of course, it depends on *which* "Windows" you're talking about. While
it's arguable that Win3.1 (say)  might not be what folks would consider an
"operating system" (altho, funny enough, nobody complained that CP/M wasn't
an operating system), Win2K certainly is an operating system.

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