OT Operating System Design WAS RE: [thelist] RE: blasterwormpunishment

[Robert Gormley]

Agreed, I've seen Windows services, etc, continue responding after "Windows"
is well and truly dead.

There's no implementation in the kernel... the closer analogy is that it's
like using a *ix in single-user (well, process) mode. You lose the machine
because there's no real parent environment to return to.

Windows Terminal Services is another example - you can fubar your session
without affecting others - though my experience is limited, I've never seen
a terminal user bring down everyone/other people's sessions... and in this
regard, there's a similarity with Unix.

Robert

> I'm not sure what you mean here. There is no "GUI" in the 
> Windows kernel...
> 
> The Windows NT kernel is implemented in ntoskernel.exe (well, 
> the original
> filename on the media varies depending on what type of 
> computer you install
> Windows onto, but it's renamed ntoskernel.exe on the disk). 
> There's no "GUI"
> in there.
> 
> Are you somehow referring to the default Windows shell 
> (explorer.exe)? That's
> completely replaceable. You can replace it with cmd.exe (the 
> supplied Windows
> CLI environment) if you want, or any other shell for that matter.