From: Jeff Weeks Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: OpenDOS Date: 29 Jan 1997 02:18:05 GMT Organization: Internet News Service Lines: 75 Message-ID: <5cmc0t$rda@nr1.toronto.istar.net> References: <199701281236 DOT HAA40563 AT freenet3 DOT freenet DOT ufl DOT edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.linkd.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit XPident: Unknown To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp > Might be possible, but he made it sound liek the OS would blow up the > computer if it wasn't MS-DOS, all it does is warn, and truth be known, > DR. DOS was never 100% MS-DOS compatable so the warning was called for. > I never ran across any probelms under windows, but I only use windows, > to this day, for filmanager and Works. I agree. > Umm, that was for MS's liscence agreement that IBM had to pay money for > every system sold whether MS-DOS was on it or not. Frankly, I thought > this was dumb, IBM should have known better than to sign such a thing. Yes, indeed. IBM never was very smart when it came to that sort of thing. Personally I think OS/2 has way better technology than Win95 but IBM will never be able to market it as good as M$ does. > But let's point out a few point they don't harp about, > 1. AT&T, the makers of this precious Unix OS at one time was ordered > by the FCC to permit useage of thier long-ditance lines, until then > they were essentially a monopoly. Anyone care? No? So why the fuss > over MS? Yeah but AT&T doesn't suck :) Most people, me included, react so much to M$'s monopoly (and they DO have one!) because they hate M$ and think their OSs are inferior. I use Linux and think it's TONS better than any M$ OS... plus it comes with source code and is totally free!!! I think another part of it is, they realise that in time they'll have to use an M$ OS because of M$'s monopoly. They don't want to leave their favorite, and probably better, OS. > IBM and Intel have committed several violations, yet they never made the > news, but MS puts a warning message in Windows and the World is > making a mountain out of a mole hill. Yeah, because M$ HAS A MONOPOLY :) Everybody wants to know what M$ does (or screws up) so that they can compensate for it. Everybodies programs now have to run flawlessly under M$ OSs because of their monopoly, so, therefore, people are obsessed with learning about M$. I've heard rumors than Intel is about to release a new chip, a P7 I guess you could call it. Apparently it will no longer be x86 compatible. Now, if this is true, and M$ decides not to support this chip, do you think it'll survive? Probably not... and that's not fair because the chip will most likely be a huge improvement over even a PPro200. Why should M$ have this much control over the computer market, I ask? > People used to complain MS charged for everything, now they complain > that Navigator is free. they used to complain that MS-DOS was > only 16Bit and had no GUI, now they complain windows is slow. People complain about Navigator being free? If that's true then I agree, that's stupid. Sure, people complained that DOS was 16-bit and had no GUI... then when windoze came along they complained more... however, Windoze wasn't 32-bit... therefore, Windoze didn't upgrade that portion of DOS like it should have. Also, Windoze is increadible slow! I run Linux and can boot into X-Windows in about 6 seconds on my 486... Windoze (3.x, 95, or NT) don't even come close! > See the point? A legitimate complaint is one thing, but most of these > people just do it to bitch. I understand your points exactly... I'm just playing devil's advocate because I, myself, don't like M$ and have decent resons for it. I'm not just a flaming hypocrite like most are. Jeff -------------------------------------------- - Code X Software - Programming to a Higher Power email: mailto:pweeks AT execulink DOT com web: http://www.execulink.com/~pweeks/ --------------------------------------------