Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 14:28:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Mike A. Harris" Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" To: -= ArkanoiD =- cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS Startup logo [brannanp] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, -= ArkanoiD =- wrote: > > On a less serious note, I think that due to several serious bugs > > that have been found in EMM386, and other programs that come with > > OD, it is best to stick to 6.22 until the next OD release. I > > Why that [censored] 6.22? Why people do like 6.22 so much? I can't figure out > what can force someone to change 5.0 or PC-DOS 7.0 to 6.22.. But everyone > around here uses 6.22! > I'd prefer 5.0 or PC DOS 7.0,but *not* MS 6.22 It's easy: I don't know anyone that has PC-DOS 7.0 and the first time that I used it, I couldn't get a lot of things working that I was used to. For example: I'm used to the way DOS EDIT works. Borland's IDE's, Boxer, many other DOS editors work the same way with cut and paste, etc... IBM's edit is more confusing to use and more "Unixish" if you will. (So is OD's BTW). A few other minor differences kept me away from it. MSDOS 5.0 lacks a number of things that 6.22 has. Such as the HELP program. Although HELP sucks bad, it is better than nothing, and has come to my aid many times. (schematics for a null modem, setting up COUNTRY specific stuff, KEYB, etc... things that no-one really uses in Canada/US). Without HELP, I would have needed a DOS reference of some kind which was not at hand. Also, lots of software that I have expects DOS 6.0 or higher. 5.0 doesn't cut it. It's not that I *like* 6.22, but rather that it is EASILY available from almost everyone that you know, and it is the standard. OpenDOS will emerge now to take over that position. Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | Coming soon: dynamic-IP-freedom... My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca