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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Dumbest DOS in the World!
Keywords: ms-dos, pc-dos, os
Message-ID: <1991Jan14.084610.2203@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
Date: 14 Jan 91 08:46:10 GMT
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Organization: Home System (One of the Eternal Champions); Eagan, MN, 55123-2507, USA
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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
>directory to the new disk.

Hmmm, are you sure that this is DOS's fault?  If I take a 20mm anti-tank gun
and fire it through my pc (running dos) while i have an open file, the file
will be destroyed.  I suppose that DOS *could* check for an awful lot of
possible occurrences that would impede a successful file write, but it can't
check everything.  (BTW, did you mean "Off the top of my head...?")

>This shows how dumb most computer buyers (business buyers
>mostly) really are. Buy the product with more hype and the least
>functional ablilities. <BW>

I would tend to agree with you there.  Unfortunately, or fortunately, all
people (well, ok, most people) in this world have their own strengths and
weaknesses and we, as computer science people, experience knowledge of
computers as one of our strengths.  If I were to go and buy something that I
didn't have a great deal of experience with, such as, say, a motorcycle or
mountain climbing equipment, I am sure that a lot of people would consider me
"pretty dumb" when they saw what i purchased... (:-(

Who are these computer buyers supposed to believe?  Look at the barrage of
computer related advertising; it can and is truly daunting for the uninitiated.
I don't consider myself dumb or uninitiated but I am daunted when i start
paying attention to a particular segment of advertising when i begin to shop
for something not previously shopped for.  (i know, bad grammar)
Every advertiser overuses superlatives in their advertisements... somebody has
to be wrong.
-- 
Derek "Tigger" Terveer	det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG - MNFHA, NCS - UMN Women's Lax, MWD
I am the way and the truth and the light, I know all the answers; don't need
your advice.  -- "I am the way and the truth and the light" -- The Legendary Pink Dots