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| DATE | 2003-08-16 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] IBM, Bankers at Odds Over OS/2 Migration Path
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The scary thing was that MSDOS5/Windows 3.11 was better than Windows/95, IMO
Ruben
On 2003.08.16 15:09 Billy wrote:
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> On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 12:35:24PM -0400, Sunny Dubey wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Of course it is. I dare you to define "real operating system"
> > > in a way that excludes DOS.
> >
> > I dare you to spend a few minutes searching up archives of USENET.
> > The debate about DOS being a real OS has raged on even before I could
> > count to 10. Traditional UNIX hackers and Amiga hackers have the most
> > colorful things to say about DOS.
>
> Usenet posters are not necessarily right or even smart, you know.
>
> Let them say coroful things about it.. they're right.
>
> It sucks, it doesn't do nearly enough, it offers apps ALMOST no support.
> Because it's always there giving them at least a common framework
> for communication with the machine, it's a real OS. Sorry to disappoint
> you. Just thank God you didn't have to live through DOS.
>
> EOT
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