From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-cpm
Newsgroups: fa.info-cpm
Title: Reply to: ms-dos
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.362
Posted: Thu Dec 16 01:42:56 1982
Received: Tue Dec 21 21:35:57 1982

>From alt@Utexas-11  Mon Dec 13 23:49:06 1982
To: LIN@Mit-Mc
Cc: info-cpm@BRL
Via:  Utexas-11; 12 Dec 82 4:56-EST
Via:  Brl; 12 Dec 82 5:11-EST
Via:  Brl-Bmd; 12 Dec 82 5:21-EST

I have no experience with CPM-86, but I am working with MS-DOS right now.
I really dislike MS-DOS.  The features it has are nice, but the
simple stuff really drives me crazy.  For example:  you are running
a program. you change disks.  the next time ms-dos looks at the disk,
it says ``gee, the file allocation table needs to be updated since the
one I have here in core is different. UPDATE''.  bash.  I suppose
one could live with that, but all of the calls to MS-DOS are really
primitive compared to CPM-86 from what I have seen.  If you have
a choice, go with CPM-86.  My opinion of ms-dos: wicked, evil, bad,
nasty, get it away  ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!   The only reason I am
using it is I am beeing paid lots of money to write a silly program.

			Good Luck,
			Howard.
PS I'll never do it again.
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