🚀 go-pugleaf

i just wanted to add and prove to the person i just replied froms point.
this person states that DOS is a good thing to know.  and in fact, tests
exist out there of which you must know DOS in order to get a job.  and in
fact, most tech interviews start off with a couple of DOS questions.  even
to get MCS certified, you MUST know DOS

in order for you to work for
Boeing, you MUST know basic DOS - in fact you take a test on this
Walt Disney, you MUST know basic DOS - in fact you take a test on this

DOS is a prerequesit for most companies when it comes to MIS or any other
trouble ticket related jobs.  and basically for the person who created this
whole argument, your saying that all Unix, Linux, Novell and all the others
similar to this are stupid cause they know Command Line (DOS)?  i take it
youve never taken a test such as they have.  i dont think those that ahve
those certificates are going to take your comments to lightly...

i dont like DOS, but im damn glad i know it

--

Chuck B. Van Oosbree
Harbor Communications
oh, and as a Microsoft Certified System Builder,
you must know DOS basics


Tom MacIntyre <tmacinty@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:37bdfd37.5103514@news1.ns.sympatico.ca...
> "Rod Speed" <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> >>> Here's where I disagree with both of you...
> >>> DOS is still relevant for me...
> >
> >> I agree completely.  I can do just about anything
> >> in DOS 20 times faster than I can do it in Windows.
> >
> >Thats only because you havent setup the Win properly.
> >
> >> Not to mention the fact that if you can't get into Windows,
> >> you need to know DOS to get Windows working again.
> >
> >Complete crap.
> >
> >> DOS maybe old, but it's still an extremely important thing to know.
> >
> >Wrong, because that hardly ever happens, that you 'cant get into Windows'
> >
> >> I had someone that wanted to come work for me,
> >> the first thing I did was give him a book on DOS.
> >
> >Your problem.
> >
> >
> >
> Well, they still teach DOS in most/many computer certification
> programs, and there are times when a knowledge of DOS will help in the
> event of a crash. It is also a basic knowledge of "DOS" that allows
> setting up of folders, correctly unzipping files into temporary
> folders, and using the Start-Run. I recently had to look at a laptop
> computer which had a defective video circuit, and was a write-off (no
> display on its own or external VGA port). I was able to get a
> directory printout and back up some files to floppy using DOS...with
> Windows 3 or 95/98 it would have been just about impossible, but with
> DOS it was easy. It's starting to look like you're so blinded by the
> opposition you've gotten to some of your ideas that you're lashing out
> without even considering what you're lashing out at.
>
> Tom