"Jim C. Nasby" <decibel@decibel.org> writes:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 12:07:21PM -0500, Greg Stark wrote:
> >
> > Csaba Nagy <nagy@ecircle-ag.com> writes:
> >
> > > Now, cron isn't exactly part of the OS, is it ?
> >
> > Yes, it is.
>
> Depends on how you define 'OS'. Linux is nothing but a kernel afterall,
That just means Linux isn't an OS all by itself. A kernel isn't very usable
without, say, init, a shell, etc. A periodic job scheduler has traditionally
been in that list of base elements of the OS.
--
greg
