From:	Rez <rividh DOT minusthispart AT earthlink DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DOS obselete? Programmers isnt needed???
Date:	Sat, 07 Aug 1999 19:00:46 -0700
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Radical NetSurfer wrote:

DOS/Win3.1 is only obsolete as a paying market. As a viable platform for
doing real work -- it'll *never* be obsolete.

> Port the same program to Windows 3.11, or a DOS 32-bit application,
> and PRESTO... you'll wonder why you ever installed Win95/98 in the
> first place!

And people wonder why I cling to my entrenched DOS/Win3.11 setup (long
since terrorized into good behaviour :) tho ironically I'm gonna get
forced to Win9* or WinBalls by having too many Win3.1 apps, because my
WFWG setup is maxed out :(

For all you coder types, kindly consider DOS and Win3.1 (even if needing
Win32s) versions of Win95 and *NIX programs whenever practical -- we old
timers will love you for it!

~REZ~

...I'll give up DOS when they pry my cold dead computer from around it!

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