DOS ain't dead - The DOS user base is much larger than you think

The DOS user base is much larger than you think (Miscellaneous)

posted by sol, 26.10.2007, 02:32

> There are not a lot of useful floppy distros for other OSes, whether they
> are "superior" or not to DOS. Even FreeDOS is kinda fractured, and new
> stuff isn't always kept together (one of the main reasons I make my own
> mini distro). A lot of people actually are using old stuff when newer,
> better is available. In short, DOS isn't as bad as it used to be.

Even if I agreed that the FreeDOS floppy distro was "useful" - it's not the point. It doesn't take very good advantage of new hardware.

It does inch forward though - but not really at the pace of hardware advances, which is unfortunate for the remaining DOS users.

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Complete thread:

Only One "Customer" -- ONLY ONE!!! - Jack, 17.10.2007, 23:39 (Miscellaneous)
- Only One "Customer" -- ONLY ONE!!! - Steve, 18.10.2007, 08:27
- Only One "Customer" -- ONLY ONE!!! - sol, 23.10.2007, 17:41
  - NO! - Jack, 23.10.2007, 21:49
    - NO! - sol, 23.10.2007, 22:50
      - The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 24.10.2007, 13:55
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 24.10.2007, 17:43
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 24.10.2007, 18:27
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 24.10.2007, 18:38
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 25.10.2007, 09:16
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 25.10.2007, 17:16
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 25.10.2007, 18:05
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 26.10.2007, 02:27
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 02:32
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 26.10.2007, 04:42
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 06:27
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 26.10.2007, 07:42
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 17:40
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 27.10.2007, 14:04
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - DOS386, 26.10.2007, 08:07
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 18:05
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 27.10.2007, 13:55
        30 seconds boot time - lucho, 27.10.2007, 14:32
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 28.10.2007, 01:38
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Steve, 28.10.2007, 04:26
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 28.10.2007, 20:18
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 29.10.2007, 13:31
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 30.10.2007, 16:47
        The charm of DOS - lucho, 30.10.2007, 17:23
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 31.10.2007, 00:43
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - DOS386, 26.10.2007, 07:59
        The "Title" of This Thread. - Jack, 24.10.2007, 19:36
        The "Title" of This Thread. - sol, 24.10.2007, 19:46
        Get Something ELSE!! - Jack, 24.10.2007, 22:27
        Get Something ELSE!! - sol, 24.10.2007, 23:01
        The "Title" of This Thread. - DOS386, 25.10.2007, 06:30
        The "Title" of This Thread. - rr, 25.10.2007, 10:48
        The "Title" of This Thread and the God - DOS386, 26.10.2007, 08:10
        The "Title" of This Thread. - Steve, 25.10.2007, 14:55
        Boot floppy - lucho, 25.10.2007, 15:29
        The "Title" of This Thread. - DOS386, 28.10.2007, 02:00
        The "Title" of This Thread. - sol, 28.10.2007, 20:28
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - RayeR, 29.10.2007, 12:35
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 30.10.2007, 16:44
        Seagate and DOS - lucho, 30.10.2007, 17:24
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 19:20
        DyDOSaurs - lucho, 30.10.2007, 20:05
        DyDOSaurs - sol, 30.10.2007, 20:10
        Questions to Solomon - lucho, 31.10.2007, 10:32
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 30.10.2007, 21:05
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 21:47
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 30.10.2007, 22:29
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 30.10.2007, 22:34
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 22:48
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 02:29
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 31.10.2007, 05:01
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 14:44
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 31.10.2007, 17:26
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 22:43
        Seagate and DOS - Rugxulo, 31.10.2007, 00:51
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 01:12
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 31.10.2007, 04:35
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 22:47
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 01:22
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - RayeR, 31.10.2007, 12:40
- One of the biggest improvements to DOS - lucho, 25.10.2007, 16:39
  - One of the biggest improvements to DOS - Tom, 25.10.2007, 17:06
- Let's End THIS Poor-Old Thread, As Well! - Jack, 31.10.2007, 15:46