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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
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Subject: Re: words and their opposites (Eunice)
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Date: Sat, 6-Jul-85 04:36:46 EDT
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> Does Eunice run "under" or "on top of" VMS?
> I've heard it described both ways, by people
> meaning the same thing.

To say that a program runs "under" an operating system usually only means that
it runs on computers using that operating system.  To say that a program runs
"on top of" an operating system usually means that it hides some of the
characteristics of the operating system.
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
aka Swazoo Koolak

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