Re: Dead or alive...
From Timofei Shatrov <gru...@mail.ru>
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· 25 Sep 2001 09:55 · View full thread
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On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 02:44:14 -0000, anonymous@bogus_address.con tried to confuse everyone with this message: > >On 2001-09-24 now...@nowhere.co.uk said: > > >Why would you want to use DOS anyway? It's the worst OS there is. > >Not so. DOS is a small, relatively efficient O.S. ...unlike >that bloated pointee-clickee abomination. > >But more importantly, DOS allows the =user= to make the >decisions about how he wants his machine to look, act and >perform. It's a much more 'down-to-the-metal' O.S., where >the =user= is in control...not some megalomaniac in Redmond, >Washington, U.S.A. > >Besides, DOS is ten times faster than WinDoze on any given >machine. > >Plus, the DOS executable files for any productivity software >programs are 20 to 50 times smaller than a comparable WinDoze >program. A 500 meg hard disk is =more= than sufficient for >a DOS-based machine. You simply don't need a mega-gigabyte >drive. Do you have Intel 80286 processor??? -- Grue <grue sobaka mail.ru> Mike Throll comic strip at: http://grue.freeservers.com Bugsoft Perm at: http://bugsoft.freeservers.com
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