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From: Amit Kumar <kassoc-2 AT idt DOT net>
To: "'Rafa Gawenda'" <rgawenda AT pobox DOT com>
Cc: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: CP/M web site looking for CP/M-86
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:27:53 -0400
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-----Original Message-----
From:	Rafa Gawenda [SMTP:rgawenda AT pobox DOT com]
Sent:	Wednesday, September 17, 1997 8:54 PM
To:	-= ArkanoiD =-; Mike A. Harris
Cc:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: CP/M web site looking for CP/M-86

On Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:58:17 -0400 (EDT), Mike A. Harris wrote:

>>> > Yes, it's better typying "for %%1 in *.* do type %1" (PC /MS DOS) than "type *.*" DR/Novell/Open >>>>DOS.
>>> > This is only one of the one hundred advantages of this "free" DOS.
>>> 
>>> I don't care. I never do. I type "cat *" on any of those.
>>
>>Heheheh.  Me too.  When you install 4DOS and some UNIX utilities
>>on ANY DOS version, the differences tend to be less important.
>
>What are we talking about... Corel Draw of a DOS Operating System?!
I>nstall IBM PCDOS 7.0 and Caldera OpenDOS 7.01 and compare then.
>Both are more or less buggy, but one of them has more power builtin, and IT multitasks. The other one... >pff!

IBM PC-DOS is in no way like a Corel product, or OpenDos.  It is %100 compatible with MS-DOS and has better utilities.  I have been using PC-DOS since version 5(which was MS-DOS repackaged, it even had the same utilities) and have never run across any compatibility issues.  
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