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From: gary@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM (Gary Barrett)
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Subject: Re: When will the 8088 die?
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Date: 7 Dec 90 13:45:13 GMT
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"I believe DOS will survive too, although in a very different form
(certainly it will get rewritten by somebody for 386 4 Gb segments)
and it won't be compatible with today's DOS. "
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And so, like OS/2, it won't sell.  The longer DOS lasts in its current
form, the more applications people will purchase for it (the more
money they will have invested in software versus "the box".)  

So those same people are going to look at their piles of applications
and consider this new and wonderful DOS and say "so what".  

If DOS is to migrate to some new and improved form, it had better
consider its current user base.  Otherwise, it will hit the same wall
as OS/2 and any other operating system competing for the DOS user
base.  

Just my opinion, as a "techie" who already has big bucks tied up in
worthwhile applications I don't want to see go away with some "hot
solution to all my needs".   


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Gary L. Barrett

My employer may or may not agree with my opinions.
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