From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-26 10:37:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Progress on AdaOS Date: 26 Aug 2001 16:31:34 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9mb896$9281@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <9IFe7.12813$6R6.1221214@news1.cableinet.net> <9lghqu$ac6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7C3293.76F49097@home.com> <9lhefg$lgd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7D47F1.25D6FC78@boeing.com> <5ee5b646.0108171856.18631c4c@posting.google.com> <3B7F624B.7294D24F@acm.org> <9lr6je$5hj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ltoi7$4is$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B82789B.8D195045@home.com> <9ltuo8$70n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B829450.879B0396@home.com> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5129.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12436 Date: 2001-08-26T16:31:34+00:00 List-Id: On 26 Aug 2001 06:47:21 -0500, Larry Kilgallen wrote: > In article <9maa90$aik2@news.cis.okstate.edu>, David Starner writes: >> On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 14:34:35 -0500, Gary Scott wrote: >>> MVS surely qualifies as surpassing VMS in total numbers of users, we >>> have several hundred thousands at my company alone (although some don't >>> realize that they're using it because it's hidden behind a nifty GUI). >> >> If it's hidden behind a nifty GUI, do they really count as users of >> the OS? I mean, I use all sorts of OS's everyday hidden behind a >> (not quite so nifty) GUI known as a web browser. But the OS on the >> other side of that link concerns me not. If that nifty GUI is done >> right, the OS behind it could change from MVS to Unix to NT to MacOS X >> and the end user would never know. > > Under that rule, there are no Macintosh users. You think that Macintosh users don't realize that they're using a Macintosh? I was talking about people who use the system through a specialized application. If it puts a whole GUI on the level of the Macintosh or Windows, then it wouldn't be hidden - unless it completely emulated the Macintosh or Windows GUI, in which it wouldn't be nifty. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I don't care if Bill personally has my name and reads my email and laughs at me. In fact, I'd be rather honored." - Joseph_Greg