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> From: neilson -at- windstream -dot- net [mailto:neilson -at- windstream -dot- net]
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:44 PM
> To: Bonnie Granat; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: "In" or "On" an Environment?
>
> I'm thinking that this question is not unlike the issue of
> whether Windows runs on a 386 architecture (as
> computer-science geeks would hold) or the 386 architecture
> "runs on Windows." The latter pronouncement comes from people
> I'd rather not think about, I'm afraid.
>
> You can demo software on a particular system, or within a
> particular environment. The environment exists (but does not
> actually run) on the system, and consists of the set of
> software including the OS, the various apps and libraries,
> and the supported devices.
>
> Anyone for toast on jam?
>
>
>
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