Re: HW access allowed ?

David Schwartz (davids@webmaster.com)
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:20:34 -0400


And how, pray tell, does a _real_ OS determine which trigger squeezes
are accidental?

DS

>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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