Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/09/06/14:33:40
I can not disagree with this message ... :O)
Im personally still use DOS ...
it is a good OS to learn programming ....
I think everyone should start with DOS if they really serious about programming
GUI world are just too complecated to start with (unless if they just want to
use those visual programming tool without knowing the inside work of it)
Today, DOS is still widely known ...
it should be still widely used till this generation has gone (10-25 yrs perhaps)
this is what one of my friend said ... I think it makes sense in some way
Sid
Clemens Valens wrote:
> I did not want to reply, but I couldn't help myself. I
> mean, do people ever think?
>
> If you are using MSDOS now then you will probably have a
> back-up of it somewhere. So no matter what OS is shipped
> with a new PC, you can still transform it into a MSDOS
> machine.
>
> Then, if your employer *forces* you to use Windows or
> whatever, what are you using MSDOS for? Not for your work
> in any case. So if you want to use MSDOS you simply install
> it on another machine at home.
>
> The only thing that is correct here is that the new Windows
> will probably again become the most widely used OS in the
> world, but that leaves everybody completely free to choose
> any OS they want. There is nothing new here, it has also
> happened with previous versions of Windows.
>
> If you want to use MSDOS, use it. If people want to use
> programs that were written for MSDOS (or any other OS) they
> have to have an MSDOS (or any other OS) capable machine. If
> Microsoft does not provide it anymore, then get it
> somewhere else.
>
> And then the crack about icons and the ability to read.
> This is of course utter nonsense, which can only come from
> somebody who has no understanding whatsoever of the average
> computer user. People who say this usually also claim that
> vi (or edlin) is a user friendly program. (Please note that
> I am not talking about vi's editing powers here, of which I
> have no knowledge at all, because I never managed to
> understand the program's interface.)
> The fact that you can do a text-only interface does not
> mean that it is the best way to do it (also for GUI).
>
> Finally, the Kantor quote shows once more that "celebrity"
> quotes in general are a lot of crap. Little icons are also
> symbolic abstractions of the reality. I mean, what does a
> small drawing of a folder have to do with a disk with a
> complex magnetic density pattern?
>
> Clemens
>
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