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On 8/18/24 14:03, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 8/18/2024 6:05 AM, Michael Kraemer wrote:
>> On 18.08.2024 03:59, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> Well, one could argue that paper and ink are also "not VMS" ...
>>>
>>> VMS is the OS ...
>>> Documentation is, well, whatever it is ...
>>
>> well, one could argue that a real OS should not depend on another one 
>> to be fully functional.
>> At least it should be able to present its own documentation.
>> In this context, paper and ink are agnostic.
> 
> Maybe the concept "OS" is too general here.
> 
> I would expect a "client OS" to be able to display
> HTML, PDF, video etc..
> 
> I would expect a "server OS" to be able to serve
> that content to clients.
> 
> Arne
> 

A properly sorted os should be able to do any of those things,
with the appropriate packages. The os is merely there to provide
services to applications...

Chris