Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!primerd!hammer!cummings From: cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Dumbest DOS in the World! Message-ID: <1991Jan15.112756@hammer.Prime.COM> Date: 15 Jan 91 16:27:56 GMT References: <278e09fb-2433comp.ibmpc@point.UUCP> <1991Jan13.155209.2949@isc.rit.edu> Reply-To: cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) Organization: Prime Computer, Inc. Lines: 40 Nntp-Posting-Host: hammer In article , gerry@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes: |> I think the point of the original post was to point out the |> deficiencies in MSDOS, which abound. Anyone who honestly believes |> that MSDOS is not a steaming pile, probably also believes in Santa |> Claus and the Easter Bunny. Comparing MSDOS to UNIX is like comparing |> an old VW Bug to a new Porsche. No, actually it's like comparing a NEW VW Bug to an OLD Porsche. The old Porsche is still much faster and better, while VW doesn't really ever change the Bug design. It's still basically the same as it was when it first came out! |> Now, if you want to make the arguement that most people only need |> Bugs, that's a different discussion. |> -- |> Gerry Roston (gerry@cs.cmu.edu) | Society is produced by our wants, |> Field Robotics Center, | and government by our wickedness;... |> Carnegie Mellon University | |> Pittsburgh, PA, 15213 | Thomas Paine, "Common Sense", Jan 1776 |> (412) 268-6557 | No, actually most people don't like bugs. That's why they either debug their programs, or document their bugs as "features" B^). ================================================================= Kevin J. Cummings Prime Computer Inc. 20 Briarwood Road 500 Old Connecticut Path Framingham, Mass. Framingham, Mass. InterNet: cummings@primerd.Prime.COM UUCP: {uunet, csnet-relay}!primerd.Prime.COM!cummings Std. Disclaimer: "Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration, I've come to the conclusion that your new defense system SUCKS..." -- War Games =================================================================