Mail Archives: opendos/1998/11/15/02:02:07
On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Eric Gillespie wrote:
|I could shift entirely over to Linux and Unix-derived software.
[...]
|- the disadvantage being I would have to find and download it all
...or spend a couple of bucks on a CD-ROM Linux installation complete with
almost everything ever written for it (often these come in 6+ CD sets).
|- it would (generally) be incompatible with Windows programs.
WABI will run a very large percentage of Windows software, though you
technically need to pay for a copy of Win9x for it. I didn't say it was a
cheaper solution, but it is a solution. :)
|I shell out the cash to support a commercial enterprise (MS, IBM, Caldera)
|==========================================================================
|: Microsoft (they don't do _everything_ wrong, ya know...) or IBM
|+ I then retain compatability with the majority of off-the-shelf
[...]
|+ I get to use what is getting to be a standard in user interfaces
| and it's not the worst interface I have come across...it is a lot
| better than what Win3.1 has with regard to hardware selection
This interface is available for a lot of different systems now.
X-Windows and the forthcoming 3.0 version of New Deal Office both have
Win9x-style user interfaces.
|: DR-DOS (From Caldera) if they ever release another version
|------------------------------------------------------------
|+ I get more stability and memory available than MS-DOS
|
|+ I get more features (TASKMGR) than MS-DOS
The additional features are a major issue for me, especially
TaskManager. I need it for New Deal Office which is designed to integrate
with it.
|+ Caldera, unlike Microsoft, are still supporting a version of DOS
Another major consideration for me, as I intend to stick with the
DR-DOS (operating system) and New Deal Office (GUI) combination for the
forseeable future and I want to bet on a version of DOS that'll grow with
me.
Steven Hurdle
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