From: rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu (David Giller) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Alpha release Linux/GNU/X unix clone on CDROM for PCs Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1992 20:45:45 GMT
thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle) wrote:
>In article <id._NGV.SPF@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov30.030054.34268@datamark.co.nz> thomas@datamark.co.nz (Thomas Beagle) writes:
>>> In article <id.4MEV.KTL@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>> >Perhaps, but he did the best job he could and still fit into that opening.
>>> >And he kept working on real improvements. Microsoft *still* hasn't done
>>> >anything to substantially improve MS-DOS since DOS 2.1.
>>
>>> Well, IMHO, Windows is still a big improvement over MS-Dos.
>>
>>Windows is a completely different operating system, that happens to use
>>MS-DOS to boot and do file I/O. I'm talking about DOS 5.
>
>Damn it's hard to keep up with whether Windows is an OS or a "pathetic
>extension to a useless operating system". It seems to depend who
>you're talking to. :-)
>
>But yes, I agree Dos has not substantially improved since Dos 2.11
>
>I still can't believe I let myself be suckered into adding to this
>thread in public.
Yes, folks, and lets notice something...
Not ONE, not a f***ing ONE of the *6* newsgroups this thread is
crossposted to has anything do do with Windows or DOS.
_And_, this question has been beaten into the ground MANY MANY MANY
times in MANY newsgroups.
I've got some news. The readers of comp.os.linux, alt.o.linux
comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit, comp.unix.wizards, comp.unix.misc, and
gnu.misc.discuss don't give a damn one way ot the other.
-Dave
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