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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 09:56:31 +0200 (MET DST)
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From: Bernie <bernie AT hem DOT passagen DOT se>
Subject: Re: Hi !
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Bruce wrote:
>> "QDDDOS" isn't the same thing as "QDOS", is it?  "QDOS" (reminds one 
>> of "Quick DOS") was a point'n'shoot file management utility from 
>> Gazelle Software...  "QDDOS" sounds like it might have been "Quick & 
>> Dirty DOS".
>> 
>Bullseye, Bob -- that's what 
>it was called in the 
>hobbyist community before 
>M$ bought out Seattle and 
>signed up IBM!

I thought the name was "Quick and Dirty Operating System" - or QDOS if you
want. And that it was M$ that changed the "Dirty" into "Disk".
//Bernie
http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...

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