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cos@twiki.PDX.COM (Charles Sauls) writes:

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> Windows is not an OS in my opinion because it is not the first thing to 
>load up on the computer. MS-DOS has IBMBIO.COM, IBMDOS.COM, and 
>COMMAND.COM, but Windows does not have any files like that so you can use 
>it as an operating system. In my opinion, it is a PROGRAM, not an OS.

It's a dessert topping!

No! It's a floor polish!

Relax.... (Beaming face here) New Dos5.0windows is a dessert topping
and a floor polish!!!   :->

In my opinion, Win3.0 is a much needed extension to make DOS more than
a program loader. (deskview and others may do the same. I use windows.)

I view IBM???.* as barely more than firmware extensions, maybe a loader.
Command.com as a kernel/shell???? Naahh! 

Between MKS tools & windows I skip the braindead command.com phase
entirely. (I think it still may have to be in the root dir, to keep
the boot from squawking.)

With ram & hard-disks as cheap as they are now, the extra resources
do not bother me. ($40/MB for RAM SIPs, and $300+ for 80 MB)

Now if dos was an real OP-SYS, would TSR's and RAM-CRAM ever been an
issue? I think not. They would not have been needed.

This all reminds me of a humorous ad I saw. Supposedly in the
yr 2000, it was for the new IUYHJSDLUYGA card, with 2E128 x 2E96
resolution, and 2E64 colors.

It was of course completely CGA, EGA, VGA compatable, and would 
work with DOS1.0 on a 4.77 Mhz 8088.

Oh well, off the soapbox... :->

have fun!

Alan Barrow