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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:16:25 +0000
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On 28 Apr 97 at 13:17, Mark Habersack wrote:
> Once upon a time (on 26 Apr 97 at 10:45) Alaric B. Williams said:

> > You think something's bad because of Microsoft's implementation of
> > it is bad?!?!? That would make you hate DOS, C++, Java, GUIs, ...

> No, I just said I had bad experiences. But M$'s software proves how 
> incredibly one may f*ck up something really clever.

Yeah :-(

> > > True, but why wouldn't it be a "real" operating system like Linux is?
> > "real"?
> Meaning with all the modern OS's features implemented.

I won't go into the modern stuff Linux doesn't implement then :-)
 
> > Yup. But don't take the ethos of hackerlyness! Linux is for hackers, but
> > OpenDOS must be for mere users, too. People who don't want to learn about
> > drivers and filing systems - they wanna start up Word Perfect and go...

> Just a matter of *hiding* this "hackerness" from the mere user - a well 
> designed, flexible and friendly configuration utility does everything, 
> am I right?

Hmmm. The kind of things I have in mind is making hackerness problem-domain,
ie the kind of concept a user can relate to, rather than being 
implementation-driven and thus hardware-oriented! It is already "too
late" to do this for DOS, but there are still lessons to be learnt.


ABW
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