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Yes, though perhaps in a slightly different way

Yes, though perhaps in a slightly different way

Posted Sep 24, 2005 5:21 UTC (Sat) by rqosa (guest, #24136)
In reply to: Yes, though perhaps in a slightly different way by sammythesnake
Parent article: Bid to trademark the word 'Linux' rejected (News.com)

> 1) RE: X windows running as an interface on top of an OS, this is exactly what Windows was doing up to version 3.11

That is incorrect. Windows 3.x provides things whose equivalents in a Unix OS are implemented in the kernel rather than in the X server, e.g. multitasking, virtual memory, support for DLLs, etc.


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