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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