Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 18:55:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT dilu DOT ml DOT org>
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Subject: Re: BIG suggestion for Opendos Features
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On Tue, 27 May 1997, Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:

> > Yes, exactly! That's why people who use 486 with 16M of RAM will use
> > OpenDOS/32 with ext2 and all the cool things!
> 
> Ummmmmmm...apart from hatred of Microsoft, what is a strong reason
> for a user to choose OpenDOS/32?

It's about a fast 32-bit operating system without the overhead of a GUI if
they choose not to use it (for a fast "server in a closet", hardly using
the horsepower expended into running the GUI), having better multitasking
and better memory usage (instead of playing all sorts of tricks to make
things work in shots of 64K segments in 640K total memory)...

Pierre Phaneuf

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be
regarded as a criminal offense." - Edsger W. Dijkstra.