From:	Rez <rividh DOT minusthispart AT earthlink DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: WARNING: DOS is about to die.
Date:	Sun, 05 Sep 1999 23:19:11 -0700
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David J Firth wrote:
> 
> : inferior DOS box. So how will DOS tools such as DJGPP, Allegro, etc.
> : continue to survive?
> You can still buy a brand new version of DOS from IBM or download free
>DOS. Why play around with an OS that has to use little pictures. I learned
> to read long ago.

<g> In that case, you'll enjoy this quote:
 "I, too, prefer the command line.  IMHO, the "GUI" throws away more
 than a million years of evolution -- our ability to use symbolic
 abstraction to help us manipulate the physical universe." == Fred
Kantor
 
> Heck, I still use a circa 1985 NEC PC-8201A and a circa 1986 Tandy 102.
> Why would I worry about what M$ does?

I have an XT and a 286 that both still occasionally earn their keep.
I'd been trying to find the XT a good home but then discovered I needed
it for testing someone's software!!
 
>Your messages smacks of trolldom anyway. If you're worried about whatever
> the next version of Windows is, then you're probably not a DOS person.

I worry about the next version of Windows because I'll have the joy of
supporting clients who use it. My own Windows is rather retro (3.11 !!)
and much easier to maintain.

~REZ~

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

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