From: djfirth AT gcfn DOT org (David J Firth)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: WARNING: DOS is about to die.
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Date: 5 Sep 1999 18:22:51 -0400
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: inferior DOS box. So how will DOS tools such as DJGPP, Allegro, etc.
: continue to survive?

As long as there are those of us that recognize that we can do our
computing tasks using DOS tools, DOS stuff will continue to soldier on. I
have no intention of giving up my DOS tools just because M$ tells me to. I
vote with my wallet, and I haven't bought Win9x or NT yet. I don't plan to
change :)

You can still buy a brand new version of DOS from IBM or download free
DOS. Why play around with an OS that has to use little pictures. I learned
to read long ago.

Heck, I still use a circa 1985 NEC PC-8201A and a circa 1986 Tandy 102.
Why would I worry about what M$ does?

Your messages smacks of trolldom anyway. If you're worried about whatever
the next version of Windows is, then you're probably not a DOS person.

Happy trails anyway.


-- 
Men sometimes speak as if the study of the classics would at length
make way for more modern and practical studies; but the adventurous
student will always study classics ... For what are classics but the
noblest thoughts of man? -- Henry David Thoreau, from Walden