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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 15:15:11 -0800 (PST)
From: "Robert Mergy Sr." <rmergy AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: FreeDos
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There are operating systems that do have the ability to use an unlimited amount of memory and can use disk space as memory also. They call this vertual memory systems. DOS = Disk Operating System and is a markup language to operate a disk drive, but is now evolving into a language all it's own. I wonder if this is a good idea? I wonder if it is really a good idea that we have created so many computer Languages? Why didn't we just pick one and then enhance it over and over? Sort of allowing it to evolve into an all purpose language. This would have made computing so much simpler for everyone, NO?


Jude DaShiell <jdashiel AT shellworld DOT net> wrote:
That's a good thing I think. For one thing maybe all of the software can
be made to write correctly to the screen for screen readers and speech
synthesizers. Another worthy pursuit might be to make freedos
advantageous such that it wouldn't matter how much memory or disk space
was on a machine the operating system could use all of both if that's what
the installer needed.




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<DIV>There are operating systems that do have the ability to use an unlimited amount of memory and can use disk space as memory also. They call this vertual memory systems. DOS = Disk Operating System and is a markup language to operate a disk drive, but is now evolving into a language all it's own. I wonder if this is a good idea? I wonder if it is really a good idea that we have created so many computer Languages? Why didn't we just pick one and then enhance it over and over? Sort of allowing it to evolve into an all purpose language. This would have made computing so much simpler for everyone, NO?</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Jude DaShiell &lt;jdashiel AT shellworld DOT net&gt;</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">That's a good thing I think. For one thing maybe all of the software can<BR>be made to write correctly to the screen for screen readers and speech<BR>synthesizers. Another worthy pursuit might be to make freedos<BR>advantageous such that it wouldn't matter how much memory or disk space<BR>was on a machine the operating system could use all of both if that's what<BR>the installer needed.<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr SIZE=1>
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