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SUBJECT: DOS 6 BETA TEST RPT
This one falls in the "for what it's worth category" but I
read an article in "PC UPGRADE" that I thought was worth
sharing with everyone. It is a Beta Test Report on DOS 6.0
The following are some excerpts of the article.
"Based on beta test copies there appear to be some major
problems in the offing for unwary users."
"We see some major problems...the way MS is implementing
DoubleSpace...will make the hard disk(s) of any user who
installs this option incompatible with OS/2 and a number of
otherwise compatible upgrade options such as Novell's DR DOS
and multiuser systems such as the Software Link's PC-MOS."
"Several developers...openly questioned the ethics and
wondered out loud just who is next on MS's incompatibility
hit list."
"The preliminary documentation...gives explicit instruct-
ions on how to remove OS/2 from your hard disk."
"Like DOS 5 before it...DOS 6 can restore your prior
operating system if you want it. Once you let DoubleSpace
take over your hard disk it's for keeps. Returning to your
old system is not possible."
"Another problem...appears when trying to create a
bootable floppy after a hard disk is compressed. Transfer-
ring the system does not automatically let you access the
hard disk if it has been compressed with DoubleSpace."
"DOS INSTALL routine favors Windows users. Three of DOS
6's new main features are an anti-virus program, all-new
backup program, and a slightly different Undelete. If you
accept the defaults when installing DOS 6-most new users
will-and you have Windows on your hard disk, these new DOS
utilities will be installed in such a way that you can
access them only from Windows-where DOS intalls them in
their own private little group. Of course, if you go the
custom installation route you'll find that you can also
access them from DOS, or from DOS and Windows both. Few
users dare to opt for custom installation."
"We've seen very little to recommend this DOS. We do not
usually react so negatively to new products. But there are
clearly some major dangers looming here. Unless things
change drastically between now and the time DOS 6 is
released there are going to be an awful lot of very unhappy
users out there. We feel that wary users should adopt a wait
and see attitude until they can be sure that today's
incompatibility does not become a major problem for them
down the line."
PRODIGY(R) interactive personal service 02/07/93 1:30 PM
Well, there it is "for what it's worth". If you want to
pick up the mag and read the entire article, it is Vol.2,
No.1 with a dark blue almost violet cover. At the very top
of the mag are the words DOS 6.0---FIRST LOOK in white
lettering.
Mel in Z'ville, OH