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| DATE | 2003-08-16 |
| FROM | Billy
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] IBM, Bankers at Odds Over OS/2 Migration Path
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On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 12:35:24PM -0400, Sunny Dubey wrote:
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> > Of course it is. I dare you to define "real operating system"
> > in a way that excludes DOS.
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> 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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