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DOS is simple, easy to use, and virtually crash-free...
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Do you have DOS mixed up with Linux by any chance?Originally posted by death_head
DOS is simple, easy to use, and virtually crash-free...
My Windows machine is running Windows 2000 and it has properly killed DOS as will Windows XP. I recommend a switch, it is much more stable.Yes, the blasted thing still hasn't died properly. It is a pain. I see that it just isn't microsoft that has a penchant for ancient pieces of code...About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. With a simple click daily at the Hunger Site you can provide food for those who need it.Comment
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tniem: I don't think he has... Linux is by no chance simple, it is not easy to use, and not completely crash-free (I've had a kernel panic resulting from "trying to kill the idle task" after just keeping yes '' on for too long and trying to shut down... I regarded it as an extremely occasional and random crash).
On the other hand, DOS was quite simple both to the computer and to the user. In fact, it was so simple for both that if you knew how to program your programs wouldn't crash (that is, they wouldn't crash randomly... they WOULD crash for hardware differences, as there weren't so many interfaces to use. OTOH, now that there are interfaces, the crashes are random
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And I thought that DOS was easy to use until I found out about the auto-completing in Linux. The very best thing after sliced bread and multithreading.
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My problem with Win2000 is the problem of backwards compatibility, although I am interested in what Windows XP has in store. I will have to 'acquire' it somehow I would probably vouch for a memory upgrade on my PC if this came out, get my 128Mb up to 384Mb
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May I add that people only use Windows because of the ms office and games!! Because games are much easyer to program with all the available tools for windows.Originally posted by Dida
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