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MS-DOS 1981-2002 RIP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the then-it's-the-undead-phase dept.

Biedermann writes "This is not exactly hot news, just a quick reminder to count the last days: A table in this article tells us that MS-DOS (as well as Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and NT 3.5x) reach their "End of Life" (as defined by Microsoft) on December 31, 2002. Come on, even if you loathed them, they were good for jokes at least."

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  1. Hey, don't knock DOS... by Lordfly · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...I grew up on that thing :) Ever since my uncle plopped me down in front of his 386SX to play Doom shareware (I know, I'm a youngin), I've been a computer geek ever since.

    Even after going from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95, I still found it better to do 80% of my stuff from the command line. Windows 98 SE finally kicked me off of that habit :/

    Sigh, command lines... so fun, so minimalist. I don't like my start menu :\

    Lordfly

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  2. DOS RIP really December 31, 2005 by angryargus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You guys deally have to wait for Windows ME to die before you can proclaim DOS dead.

    The one date companies are concerned about is the non-supported date for NT4, which is this coming June 2003.