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From: mal6315@isc.rit.edu (M.A. Lecher )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Dumbest DOS in the World!
Keywords: ms-dos, pc-dos, os
Message-ID: <1991Jan13.155209.2949@isc.rit.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 91 15:52:09 GMT
References: <278e09fb-2433comp.ibmpc@point.UUCP>
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
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In article <278e09fb-2433comp.ibmpc@point.UUCP> akcs.bill@point.UUCP (Bill Wolff) writes:
>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
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>directory to the new disk. Another problem is that most things from one
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   This is not a bug in the program, this is a bug in the user....

>DOS version is not compatible with the next version. Yet a $120 Commodore
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   Hmmm, just about all my software does.. But you'll never find 100%
   compatiblility in any upgrades...

>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

   Gee I can do that, too on my PC... Without any loss of time. It's called
   buffered I/O.

>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

   That's because IBM is in for making the computer... Leave that up to
   other people (sorta like spreading the wealth), who write their own
   command line editors, and make money off it. There are a lot of great
   command line editors for DOS out there that do everything from cursor
   key use to aliasing. 

>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
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>mostly) really are. Buy the product with more hype and the least
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   The correct word is "uneducated". They don't want to be bothered with
   testing out every possible program and finding what is best for them.
   So they either hire someone (who either tried to rip them off, or does
   try to help them, but still can't fully understand what they need) or
   go for what they think looks like what they want. Unfortunately this 
   means "flash" 90% of the time.

   Also, for the most part, 80% of computer users don't need much power
   over a simple MSDOS 3.3 machine. Why do they need full screen command
   line editor, multi-tasking, 60 megs of disk space, if the only things
   they will ever type are "checkbook", "write", and "tetris".


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