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From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl)
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Subject: Re: Need input for future DOS release
Keywords: future DOS release
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Date: 28 Mar 90 20:05:15 GMT
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smw@maxwell.Concordia.CA ( Steven M. Winikoff) writes:

>>  = cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
>>> = smw@maxwell.Concordia.CA ( Steven Winikoff ) 

>>>> 12) Windows built in.
>>> Who could argue with that?

>>   As long as I'm allowed to wipe it off my hard drive and it doesn't
>> increase the price of DOS, I don't mind.  But I don't want to be forced
>> to pay for it and have it clutter up my memory and hard disk and degrade
>> system performance just because I may want a new version of DOS.

>That's basically what I had in mind myself.  Of course, the original idea
>came from Marshall Buhl, and I can't presume to speak for him.

I have it on good authority that that's exactly what Marshall meant.  If
DOS comes standard with Windows, then more people will write software to
support it.  Keep in mind that I mean a GOOD version of Windows - not that
garbage they've been selling for the last year or so.  Still waiting for
version 3.

You may not remember the caveat I put at the end of my original follow-up,
but I said I wanted all those things IF it did'nt cost more money or base
RAM.  As far as disk storage goes, what can be worse than Unix?  The
current version of Windows doesn't eat up more than a few MB.  I'm probably
wrong, but I guess that most of the people who will spend the money on DOS
upgrades also can afford a decent hard disk.  Anyway, Stephen, I would want
it to be like the Shell that comes with DOS 4 - an option at install time.

Marshall

PS.  I'm going on a two week brain wipe at the end of the week, so you
     folks will have one fewer overly-opinionated netter to deal with.
     If I'm successful, I probably won't even remember the net when I
     get back.

PPS. I hope the original poster is taking good notes - I'd like a copy
     of the new "DOS Requirements Document" when I get back.
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