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by kergonath 542 days ago
Then surely there are instances of people saying that it is “not an OS”. And I don’t mean hyperbole.

Here are 3 definitions from 3 different sources: https://www.wordnik.com/words/operating%20system . Not a single one even mentions process scheduling or anything to exclude MULTICS, CP/M, DOS, or any version of MacOS or Windows. I know that some people think that being contrarian on HN is cool, but this is beyond ridiculous.