Re: Platform versus Environment

Subject: Re: Platform versus Environment
From: "Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:30:42 -0500


Goldstein, Dan wrote:
> I would not use either term. They're both too vague.
> If you're talking about the operating system, say, "operating system." If
> you're talking about the hardware, say, "hardware."

It depends. Both have specific meanings depending on context, so make sure
you provide the context. For example, you could have multiple environments
(shells) running on a Linux platform running on an Intel architecture.

Mike O.



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