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From: longc@cs.fau.edu (Courtney Long)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: How wrong is MS-DOS? (or: What is the definition of obsolete)
Message-ID: <1991Jan12.233347.21388@cs.fau.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 91 23:33:47 GMT
References: <1991Jan6.232549.2764@isis.cs.du.edu> <1991Jan08.040128.22819@cs.fau.edu> <339@bria>
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
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In article <339@bria> mike@bria.UUCP (Michael Stefanik) writes:
>
>...................  Because DOS is the status quo, that doesn't mean
>you accept it.  The point is *move forward* - convenience has no place
>with progression.  If MS-DOS users were representative of Mankind,
>we'd be living in caves waiting for it to lightning so we could get some
>fire ...
>-- 
>Michael Stefanik, Systems Engineer (JOAT), Briareus Corporation
>UUCP: ...!uunet!bria!mike

I agree that MS-DOS is not the last word in PC operating systems.  My
personal preference is OS/2, but I'm cautious in admitting that because
most people haven't used is and don't know much about it other than what
they've read.  I don't agree that DOS has outlived it's usefulness or
that there is a readily available, affordable alternative which has a
respectable applications base.  Some people say Windows.  What about you?

>--
>technoignorami (tek'no-ig'no-ram`i) a group of individuals that are constantly
>found to be saying things like "Well, it works on my DOS machine ..."

elitism (i-le'tiz'em) a sense of being part of a superior or privileged group