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Originally Posted by ApK
Wait wait wait, I need to take one last shot at this:
eschwartz says he would not accuse users of linux-kernel-based ereaders like Kindle of "using Linux" but he would so accuse Android smartphone users.
His reason for the difference is stated thusly:
OK, so: We have a server running Linux. It hosts a VM that runs Windows. Lots of folks in my office, some of whom have no idea what Linux, or a VM is, use that Windows VM.
Do they "use Linux" in your book?
Why or why not?
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I don't understand the question.
The user is using Windows. Windows is running on a VM. Other people might run Windows, with Windows running directly on a microprocessor.
What is the difference between the two?
How about this -- if I remote-desktop into Windows-on-a-VM, am I using Windows? What if I remote-desktop
from a linux PC?
Either way, does the fact that Windows is on a VM rather than native, make any difference to me?
At the end of the day, the OS I am
using is Windows. Regardless of linuxy OSes that happen to be in the general vicinity.