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From: akcs.bill@point.UUCP (Bill Wolff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Dumbest DOS in the World!
Keywords: ms-dos, pc-dos, os
Message-ID: <278e09fb-2433comp.ibmpc@point.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 91 00:00:03 GMT
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All those who say there are no bugs in MS-DOS must not use DOS. One of
the top of my head is changing a disk with an open file will save the old
directory to the new disk. Another problem is that most things from one
DOS version is not compatible with the next version. Yet a $120 Commodore
can have one or more different DOS versions active at one time and while
being fully compatible. I can copy whole disks or format them while
downloading or uploading from a BBS without any loss in speed at the same
time. Why does MS-DOS have to be so backwards and stupid? I can
automatically have word processing like power (it's called full screen
editing) on a $120 Commodore at a command line, yet MS-DOS 3.3 still uses
the old 1978 CP/M type of delete back only type of editing and cost $70
for the software alone. Speaking about CP/M, MS-DOS doesn't even have
most of the power that CP/M Plus has (multiple time and date stamps,
password protection on files or disks and full line editing to name a
few). Yet to top this off, MS-DOS is the biggest seller while being no
better than what was available in 78 (being the stone age days of
computers). This shows how dumb most computer buyers (business buyers
mostly) really are. Buy the product with more hype and the least
functional ablilities. <BW>