Re: HW access allowed ?

Andrej Presern (andrejp@luz.fe.uni-lj.si)
Tue, 07 Apr 1998 21:35:19 +0200

A _real_ OS doesn't allow you to shoot yourself in the foot if you don't
want it to but you accidentally squeeze the trigger.

Andrej

David Schwartz wrote:
>
> Linux allows the root user to pretty much do whatever he or she wishes.
> A _real_ O.S. lets you shoot yourself in the foot if you wish to.
>
> DS
>
> >So Linux allows userland programs to access the hardware directly ?
> >
> >And I thought it is a _real_ O.S. ... :-)
> >
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