From: les AT Mars DOT mcs DOT net (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: An updated DOS - Please discuss
Date: 14 Sep 1999 02:08:01 -0500
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In article <37ddafe0 DOT 858354 AT news-reader DOT bt DOT net>,
Michael Kearns <michael AT toobie DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

>I could quite happily run a DOS emulation under Windows (any variety),
>Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS and probably quite a few other OSs. I don't want that.
>I want DOS, by itself, with enhanced functionality. Simple.

But the whole point of DOS is that it just loads applications and
lets them take over the machine.  If you enhance it, it won't
be DOS anymore and it will probably be a lot worse than the
well tested alternatives.

  Les Mikesell
   les AT mcs DOT com