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Article #6864Re: Dumbest DOS in the World!
From: Kevin Cummings
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 1991 16:27
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 1991 16:27
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In article <GERRY.91Jan14100211@onion.frc.ri.cmu.edu>,
gerry@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) writes:
|> I think the point of the original post was to point out the
|> deficiencies in MSDOS, which abound. Anyone who honestly believes
|> that MSDOS is not a steaming pile, probably also believes in Santa
|> Claus and the Easter Bunny. Comparing MSDOS to UNIX is like
comparing
|> an old VW Bug to a new Porsche.
No, actually it's like comparing a NEW VW Bug to an OLD Porsche.
The old Porsche is still much faster and better, while VW doesn't
really ever change the Bug design. It's still basically the same
as it was when it first came out!
|> Now, if you want to make the arguement that most people only need
|> Bugs, that's a different discussion.
|> --
|> Gerry Roston (gerry@cs.cmu.edu) | Society is produced by our wants,
|> Field Robotics Center, | and government by our
wickedness;...
|> Carnegie Mellon University |
|> Pittsburgh, PA, 15213 | Thomas Paine, "Common Sense", Jan
1776
|> (412) 268-6557 |
No, actually most people don't like bugs. That's why they either
debug their programs, or document their bugs as "features" B^).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!primerd!hammer!cummings From: cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Dumbest DOS in the World! Message-ID: <1991Jan15.112756@hammer.Prime.COM> Date: 15 Jan 91 16:27:56 GMT References: <278e09fb-2433comp.ibmpc@point.UUCP> <1991Jan13.155209.2949@isc.rit.edu> <GERRY.91Jan14100211@onion.frc.ri.cmu.edu> Reply-To: cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) Organization: Prime Computer, Inc. Lines: 40 Nntp-Posting-Host: hammer