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	(message from Jude DaShiell on Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:36:43 -0500 (EST))
Subject: Re: win98 support termination doesn't effect dos
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> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:36:43 -0500 (EST)
> From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel AT shellworld DOT net>
> 
> Every version of windows I've ever used has had a dos core.

That's not true anymore for the versions of Windows that are
descendants of the NT family: Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows
XP.  (I'm guessing that all the future versions of Windows will be
derived from the same family as well.)

The NT family is a complete 32-bit OS written from grounds up, not a
superset of DOS as Windows 3.x and 9x were.  To support DOS programs,
NT has a DOS _emulator_ (a.k.a. NTVDM, the NT Virtual DOS Machine),
which is just another NT program.