Re: [NTLK] [OT] this new OS...

From: L.W. Brown <lwb_at_mac.com>
Date: Sat Feb 07 2009 - 18:51:41 EST

had the same thought...

On 7. Feb., 2009, at 11:46 AM, Lord Groundhog wrote:

> ~~~ On 2009/02/07 07:25, L.W. Brown at lwb@mac.com wrote ~~~
>>
> I have a question arising from your second link (and from my own
> ignorance
> of the technicality here). In the questions I found
"Q: File system?
"A: Nope. Sorry. Nobody needs files in Phantom. All the operating system
state is saved across shutdowns. Phantom is the only global persistent
OS in
the world, AFAIK. All the state of all the objects is saved. Even power
failure is not a problem, because of the unique Phantom’s ability to
store
frequently its complete state on the disk."
> My question is, is it true that Phantom is the only global
> persistent OS?
> From my simplistic view of things, that's how I'd describe NOS 2.1,

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