Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/09/06/21:19:36
Well, Dos shells within Windows could disappear, but I don't think that
would affect the status of Dos itself much. PC users have gotten very used
to rebooting their machines to swap between OSes. For myself, it's all the
more reason to learn and use DjGpp now. My programming is for simple tasks
or for learning, and programming Djgpp under DOS allows for a good
transition to Gcc under unix, particularly Linux.
Dos won't die without Microsoft, especially with the freely available
versions that work fine--I would think what would kill Dos as a platform
would be large changes in standard Intel hardware that would require major
changes to Dos (like non-VGA video cards). I could then see Dos
splintering up into versions that different groups would individually have
to support, without a standard. Linux to the rescue. Linux is everywhere
and will continue to be.
For every OS currently out there, every additional day it is actively used
it must add about 3 months to it's total life. These changes occur very
slowly.
Darrell
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// Darrell Rudmann, drudmann AT nyx DOT net
// Urbana, IL, USA
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Varence <varence_ AT hotmail DOT com> wrote in message
news:3fc5848e DOT b13f0af5 AT usw-ex0106-043 DOT remarq DOT com...
>
> Actually, I read this comment somewhere too, not on the
> web either, but in a PC networking magazine. I don't
> recall the exact nature of the article (it wasn't
> specifically about DOS or anything), but it had something
> about windows no longer providing a DOS shell or such in
> it's next incarnation.
> While it could just be a rumour/consideration, it may
> also be a fact of life that OS's are moving on and dos
> shells won't be going with them.
>
> Varence
>
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