From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject:	c|net: Microsoft has officially killed MS-DOS.
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Windows ME (Millennium Edition), the third major release of Windows
9x, has NO SUPPORT for DOS apps.  We DOS programmers have just lost
our market:
http://www.cnet.com/software/0-3715-7-1648259.html?tag=st.sw.3715-7-1648258.txt.3715-7-1648259

>Finally, Microsoft has dumped Real Mode. This vestigial code makes
>Windows 95/98 work with some older DOS apps, but it also makes
>Windows slower and less stable at start-up. Microsoft says that DOS
>apps without native Windows support have gone the way of the
>dinosaurs, rendering Real Mode unnecessary.

Real Mode is necessary to load even Protected Mode DOS apps (such as
anything made with DJGPP).

>So the company has thrown it out, sending some crashes along with
>it, we hope.

Micro$~1 misunderstands the source of the crashes.  Crashes come when
applications' installers "update" critical system DLLs (e.g. the
kernel) with their own "enhanced" versions. Just look at AOL 5 for an
example:
  http://www.anti-aol.org/   news:alt.aol-sucks

>If you need to run an old DOS app, you'll have to boot up using a
>Windows ME boot disk that retains the DOS boot option.

I certainly hope the hard drive can be used as such a boot disk.

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