DOS ain't dead

20 KiB of bloat of posts | IBM PC turns 30 (Aug. 12, 1981) (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 13.08.2011, 01:40

BTW, it's here (today), yet nobody had much else to say??

> Rugxulo wrote:
>
> (almost 20 KiB in 3 posts)

It wasn't that bad. And you can't be that surprised. But that's what I get for reading this stuff too deeply (e.g. _Extending DOS_, 2nd ed).

> > Who's going to rebuild everything for OS/2 exclusively? Why would you?
>
> YES ... if I were convinced about the superiority of the new OS. But maybe,
> if reinventing the wheel, you should reinvent the PC (removing CPU /
> hardware legacy crap) before reinventing the OS ... otherwise ... you just
> waste your time.

I still wouldn't see the advantage (OS/2 only). But everybody prefers source compatibility these days anyways (if even), usually meaning POSIX (and requiring Cygwin on Windows), which almost always means C/C++ only.

> > Face it, they "can't imagine" that we won't upgrade everything to
> almighty 64-bit
>
> FYI, I won't downgrade to XXX64, ever, point

You might have to, they may not sell 32-bit forever! Drivers are the main problem, too. Even things like DOSEMU aren't safe from being obsoleted by weird distro rules.

Complete thread:

• IBM PC turns 30 (Aug. 12, 1981) - Rugxulo, 05.08.2011, 23:36 (Users)
  • IBM PC turns 30 (Aug. 12, 1981) - Rugxulo, 06.08.2011, 00:43
    • IBM PC turns 30 (Aug. 12, 1981) - Rugxulo, 06.08.2011, 00:44
  • 20 KiB of bloat of posts | IBM PC turns 30 (Aug. 12, 1981) - DOS386, 06.08.2011, 15:11
    • 20 KiB of bloat of posts | IBM PC turns 30 (Aug. 12, 1981) - Rugxulo, 13.08.2011, 01:40
      • 20 KiB of bloat of posts | IBM PC turns 30 (Aug. 12, 1981) - DOS386, 17.08.2011, 09:15