Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!know!news.cs.indiana.edu!ariel.unm.edu!nmsu!opus!ghenniga From: ghenniga@nmsu.edu (Gary Hennigan) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Where is the long awaited MS DOS 5.0 ? Message-ID: Date: 13 Dec 90 07:54:40 GMT References: <8550@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> Sender: news@NMSU.Edu Organization: NMSU Computer Science Lines: 38 In-reply-to: josef@nixpbe.nixdorf.de's message of 11 Dec 90 07:50:40 GMT In an article Josef Moellers writes: >I find this amusing! >Evereybody claims that MSDOS is superior to UN*X, as >- it runs on small disks >- it runs in barely 1M of memory >But in the meantime, everybody is waiting for new releases with more and >better features that closely resemble those features that our beloved >UN*X has! >I see the day coming that MSDOS finally catches up with UN*X having all >the features the users want! But then >- You'll need LARGE disks (Already MSDOS is breaking the 40MB barrier) >- You definitely need more than 1M of memory. I don't know who the heck said DOS is superior to UNIX. Considering the operating system only there's no comparison, UNIX is far superior; but, as one of the people waiting for MSDOS 5.0, there's much more to consider than just the OS: 1. The number of applications available for DOS is overwhelming, a lot of which are Freeware and/or Shareware! 2. The ease with which a non-experienced user can learn DOS far outpaces the same user attempting to learn the sometimes cryptic UNIX. 3. And last but by no means least, from Computer Shopper (October): SCO Xenix 386 -- $469 Drum roll please.......... MSDOS 4.01 ---- $109 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it worth the almost $400 price difference? You be the judge. By and large I prefer VMS anyway! -- Gary Hennigan +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: ghenniga@NMSU.Edu, henninsf@maxwel.NMSU.Edu + + Electrical Engineering; PhD Student, Computational Electromagnetics + + Physical Science Laboratory (ASS)istant systems programmer + +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+