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MS DOS: A Eulogy
roadhog95 writes: "Love it or hate it, I'm sure everyone's got a love story or traumatic memory of the infamous MS-DOS. Byte magazine reports on the passing away of DOS in light of the recent Windows XP launch. Even Regis Philben stopped by to pay tribute: 'Bill... Is that your final command prompt?'"
Where are my Karma Points when I need them?
DOS wasn't licensed from Gary Kildall (who actually was the father of CP/M), but from Tim Paterson.
You would have known this if you had read the article you're commenting on.
DOS has long outlived its usefulness at age 20. And companies should avoid Linux because it's fundamentally based on 30 year old technology.
Think about it for a while.
That's not DOS, dumbass. That's the command line.
All your command lines are belong to us!!
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour Isaiah 3:5
which is very appropriate for many readers here !
Because it's an anti-MS statement, and slashdot is mostly inhabited by sad, bitter, linux-shagging fuckers? Duh!
Oh oh, there goes my karma, what a shame...
This can't be happening.
I'm so dependent on Autodesk 3DStudio R4 for MS/DOG it's not funny. I've been using it for years; I know it inside-out. Sure, I use Max, too. But Max's bloat and clutter gets in my way. 3DS (DOS) is like a well-worn hammer that feels good when you pick it up.
I knew this day would come someday. I guess there's dual boot. I guess I could just keep a Win98 (or Dos 6.22) box around forever. I did it with a Mac 512K running System 2.3 (the only thing that ran a MIDI sequencer from 1985). I can do it with DOS.
I've got $4,000 invested in this one program ($3K base price plus two upgrades). Fuck Microsoft, fuck XP, fuck NT, fuck 2K.
k.
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." - Anne Frank