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In article <FAT.95Aug29144015@fat.cnit.nsk.su>,
Dmitry V. Irtegov <fat@cnit.nsk.su> wrote:

>You definitely have very limited experience with DOS.

thankfully, yes.  i avoid using brain-damaged systems as much as
possible.

>Have you ever seen _one_ DOS-compliant program in your sence?
>I haven't.

i've written a few, but not in a long time.

>_All_ business applications and most shareware programs _do_ sidestep
>DOS.  All timing-sensitive apps do sidestep DOS. Most graphical apps
>do sidestep DOS.  Every program that shows coloured letters on the
>screen does sidestep DOS.  Nearly every program that understands
>arrows, functional keys and keypad does sidestep DOS.

all of these services can and should be provided for by the operating
system.

that DOS sucks is not my point.  that software manufacturers chose to
step around DOS, rather than demand that MicroSloth fix it, is.

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