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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Is dos 6.0 gonna multitask? Or have no memory barrier????
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.213235.1886@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <baloo.721011468@mik.uky.edu> <1992Nov6.020133.29137@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1772@frackit.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:32:35 GMT
- Lines: 59
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- In <1772@frackit.UUCP> dave@frackit.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov6.020133.29137@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, jav2d@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Jason Adams Vanvalkenburgh) writes:
- >> baloo@mik.uky.edu writes:
- >> > Is dos 6.0 gonna multitask, and do away with the 640k memory barrier?
- >> > If not I won't believe it. Dos has gotten so far behind the times. I'm
- >> > completely sick and tire of 'out of memory messages' I'll have to switch
- >> > to unix if dos 6.0 doesn't shape up.
-
- >I switched to Unix. And I feel muuuuuuch better now. :)
-
- >> What about OS/2. You get DOS, OS/2 and Windows compatability for a
- >> lot cheaper tha unix.
-
- >Ahem..... Allow me to present you with:
-
- >Coherant (if you can deal with nearly zero after market support unless
- > you pay through the nose for it)
-
- And will it run DOS and Windows programs (which is important to some
- people who have a large current software investment)?
-
- >MWC (Decent from what I've been told and getting better)
-
- And will it run DOS and Windows programs (which is important to some
- people who have a large current software investment)?
-
- >Linux (Ask around. It has a loyal following on the net - see newsgroup
- > comp.os.linux for more.)
-
- And will it run DOS and Windows programs (which is important to some
- people who have a large current software investment)?
-
- >> Especially considered that IBM's newer version
- >> of OS/2 should be due out first Quarter '93, fixing bugs that are
- >> inherent in all versions of an OS.
-
- >You mean like NT was due out 4th Q/92? Riiiiiight. MS = More Slippage
-
- Not sure how you got IBM == MS, but they aren't even close. We just
- got a Service Pack for OS/2, and there should be another one out at
- the end of the year (it's in Beta now).
-
- >> With DOS 6 who knows what you'll get.
-
- >Everyone knows what you get with any version of DOS. Another OS release
- >that will have bugs they don't want to acknowledge but will charge you
- >substantial $$$ to upgrade away from when they finally fix them.
-
- No, with DOS 6 you will apparently get DOS 5 plus a bunch of stuff
- taht you probably already own if you need it, and don't need to pay
- for if you don't. MS appaers to be releasing a lot of 'minor' type
- upgrades on things -- cashflow until NT is really ready?
-
- --
- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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