From: Rez Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: WARNING: DOS is about to die. Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 23:19:11 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <7quo1t$94k$1 AT solomon DOT cs DOT rose-hulman DOT edu> <7quqfr$sr4 AT acme DOT freenet DOT columbus DOT oh DOT us> X-Posted-Path-Was: not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-ELN-Date: 6 Sep 1999 06:16:22 GMT X-ELN-Insert-Date: Sun Sep 5 23:35:03 1999 Organization: Offworld Press Lines: 31 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Host: 1cust94.tnt3.lancaster.ca.da.uu.net Message-ID: <37D35CDF.4317@earthlink.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (Win16; I) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com 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. 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!