From:	Bernhard Stiftner <stiftnersoftwareNOstSPAM AT gmx DOT net DOT invalid>
Subject:	Re: c|net: Microsoft has officially killed MS-DOS.
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc
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Date:	Sun, 16 Apr 2000 12:04:17 -0700
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Good old times, where have you gone...
I've got an old Pentium 133 running Windows 98 with BootGUI
disabled (so it starts MSDOS first, like in WIN3.11
times...)

Under DOS, (nearly) EVERYTHING works properly because there
aren't thousands of DLLs (each of them in another version).
IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE MOST STABLE SYSTEM I'VE EVER SEEN
(sorry, I don't have Linux at the time...)!!!
I never had serious problems with 16-bit processes under
Windows - the critical things are USER32 and KERNEL32!!!

Throwing away real MSDOS support in the future releases of
Windows will improve ***absolutely*** nothing, but kill a
widespread application platform.

After all, DOS apps are MUCH faster than Windows ones! Just
look at some games, for example. DOS games are fast and
stable and are achieving wonderful frame rates, even if
they use 3D-engines. But nowadays directx/direct3d-games
need 3d accelerator hardware to achieve satisfacting
results (in contrast to those "old" DOS apps).

I think there's only one consequence:
TOTAL BOYCOTT OF MICROSOFT SOFTWARE!!! WE DON'T NEED THAT
SUCKING STUFF!!! (THERE ARE ENOUGH ALTERNATIVES WE CAN USE!)
I think I will also turn to Linux next time, and I
encourage everyone to do so, too.


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