From: Bernhard Stiftner Subject: Re: c|net: Microsoft has officially killed MS-DOS. Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc Message-ID: <0671ec78.58ba4650@usw-ex0110-075.remarq.com> Lines: 31 Bytes: 1403 X-Originating-Host: 195.3.96.210 Organization: http://www.remarq.com: The World's Usenet/Discussions Start Here References: <0vlffsc21hthnqfaramn08d9gb9jfk5v74 AT 4ax DOT com> X-Wren-Trace: ePLX//7noOqhofLz8ab9/vLy7fHj4bP28t76/OOo5bfptOOqqfy0sqeluKWt4g== Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 12:04:17 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 10.0.2.75 X-Complaints-To: wrenabuse AT remarq DOT com X-Trace: WReNphoon4 955908805 10.0.2.75 (Sun, 16 Apr 2000 11:13:25 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 11:13:25 PDT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Good old times, where have you gone... I've got an old Pentium 133 running Windows 98 with BootGUI disabled (so it starts MSDOS first, like in WIN3.11 times...) Under DOS, (nearly) EVERYTHING works properly because there aren't thousands of DLLs (each of them in another version). IT'S ABSOLUTELY THE MOST STABLE SYSTEM I'VE EVER SEEN (sorry, I don't have Linux at the time...)!!! I never had serious problems with 16-bit processes under Windows - the critical things are USER32 and KERNEL32!!! Throwing away real MSDOS support in the future releases of Windows will improve ***absolutely*** nothing, but kill a widespread application platform. After all, DOS apps are MUCH faster than Windows ones! Just look at some games, for example. DOS games are fast and stable and are achieving wonderful frame rates, even if they use 3D-engines. But nowadays directx/direct3d-games need 3d accelerator hardware to achieve satisfacting results (in contrast to those "old" DOS apps). I think there's only one consequence: TOTAL BOYCOTT OF MICROSOFT SOFTWARE!!! WE DON'T NEED THAT SUCKING STUFF!!! (THERE ARE ENOUGH ALTERNATIVES WE CAN USE!) I think I will also turn to Linux next time, and I encourage everyone to do so, too. * Sent from AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Where you can also find related Web Pages, Images, Audios, Videos, News, and Shopping. Smart is Beautiful