From: "smile773" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc References: <0vlffsc21hthnqfaramn08d9gb9jfk5v74 AT 4ax DOT com> Subject: Re: c|net: Microsoft has officially killed MS-DOS. Lines: 12 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: <24dK4.9179$WF.501644@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 06:28:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 32.100.71.155 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT worldnet DOT att DOT net X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 955866494 32.100.71.155 (Sun, 16 Apr 2000 06:28:14 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 06:28:14 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Damian I hope that dos 9 will run in protected mode without crashing. however the idea that linux will eventually have a better backwards compatable protected mode dos shell and utilities is possible. the open gnu system will have fixed what many of us have complained about and never bothered with.