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From:	cmad_x AT yahoo DOT com (Chris Mantoulidis)
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Subject:	Re: Win98 end of life
Date:	22 Dec 2003 11:19:50 -0800
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Since many programs are written on DOS, I believe DOS will not die;
since it also is on Win2k and WinXP, so no need to worry.

My personal hope is that one day in the newspapers I will see
"Microsoft was closed!" as the top-headline...

So, back to the topic... Since a number of programs are written on DOS
(even some M$ programs, and probably the most useful ones), it will
stay alive as long as M$ removes the command-line from the system, or
copies some other OS's command-line; unless M$ wants to rewrite some
of their useful programs, which I doubt.

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