Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 22:35:32 +0500
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From: Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com>
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	(message from Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel on Sun, 2 Apr 2000 18:04:31
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Subject: Re: Is DOS dead?
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Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx> proclaimed:

> On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Prashant TR wrote:
> 
> > james archer <snowphoton AT mindspring DOT com> proclaimed:
> > 
> > > > That really depends on the type of programs that need to  be run. Linux can't
> > > > be a solution to everything.
> > > 
> > > Yes it can. :o)
> > 
> > Oh, yeah. Then try writing a program to find the speed of your L1 and L2
> > caches (a reliable program).
> 
> > And btw, I use Linux, too. But there are a few things like this that
> > you can't do (or at least they are very hard to do) on Linux due to
> > the nature of the OS. 
> 
> I wonder what these thing are and how much of these "things that you cant
> do" are relevant for the real world user of linux.

"These things" are just what I quoted above ;-). Agreed that these things
aren't for a normail user. But IIRC, the original poster said "I adore DOS".
He didn't say "I adore NT". So, let's talk DOS and Linux.