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From: dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu (Duncan Murdoch)
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Subject: Re: Need input for future DOS release
Keywords: future DOS release
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Date: 28 Mar 90 19:46:28 GMT
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In article <2032@clyde.concordia.ca> smw@maxwell.Concordia.CA ( Steven M. Winikoff) writes:
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>That's exactly what I'm hoping for.  I've even written similar things myself.
>But the point is that it would be nice to have these utilities centralized
>in the OS, rather than have to carry a box of diskettes with me whenever I'm
>asked to help out a friend (or a client!) who doesn't happen to have my own
>idea of the "perfect" utility set!

You seem to be assuming that DOS 5 (or whatever this new one is named) is 
going to be instantly universally installed.  But take a look at DOS 4:
I'd guess that only about half the new machines being sold now come with it;
very few people have upgraded existing machines beyond 3.x.  You're going
to be stuck with your box of diskettes for a long time, even if Microsoft
puts all of the Norton Utilities and 4DOS into the new one.  (Unless, of
course, they price it low it enough.)

Duncan Murdoch