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- The following comment was taken from the IBM conference on Smartnet.
- Currently my ComputerTalk conference is being feed into it. A reader was
- commenting on his love of DOS. Dave Langlois was responding to that
- comment with the following article:
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- I have just recently joined this conference. I have read with
- interest your views on Windows and DOS.
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- While I am only one man, and I can only have one man's opinions, I
- would like to share my personal opinions with you and for all to read.
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- First, I should probably tell you a little about myself. I make my
- living writing software, developing systems and relational databases for
- corporate clients here in the D.C. area, and, yes, I have contracted for
- the Federal Government. I am "labeled" as a Senior Systems
- Engineer/Analyst, CICS/DB2 Specialist. I hold a couple of Ph.D. degrees
- and, yes, one of them is in Computer Science. I have NEVER considered
- myself to be an "expert" in anything. Why? Because with all that I have
- learned, I have much more to learn.
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- I have worked extenseively, over twelve years with DOS, and four years
- with Windows, and have found that Windows is nothing more than pretty
- pictures on a screen for people who can't or won't read. Windows is much
- like a "security blanket" for these users. It is useless, but nice to have
- around in case we might have to use it. Windows is an "expert" environment
- for hanging your PC whenever you try to execute an application. It is,
- also, very good for keeping the RESET button on your PC in perfect
- functional order. Other than that, I see, ABSOLUTELY, no need for it. IT
- is a dog with hard disk space, a memory hog, that does nothing but cause
- big problems. And, if your PC is on a LAN, WAN, or netted with a
- mainframe, get on your knees and pray for a storm to knock out all the
- hardware!!!!
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- On the other hand, DOS has always and forever worked. Granted, one
- has to be able to read more than just "See Dick run"'! There are some big
- words when using DOS, but then, you can actually USE it, and be productive!
- Isn't THAT what PC's are all about? Some of the big words in using DOS
- are, of course, Abort? Delete? Are you sure?, files, and here is a really
- big word: directories! Holy Moses, now that takes some reading skills,
- doesn't it?
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- Of course, there will always be the people who disagree with this
- opinion.
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- DOS is worth its' weight in gold. For people who think Windows is
- great, obviously have no TRUE understanding of what a PC is, or what a PC
- is all about; but then, that is not MY fault. I am just the guy who writes
- the software that make computers do what they think they should do!
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- BTW, I love it; the work is great. So, I am happy that there are
- people out there who can't or won't read; it makes my job that much
- easier in the end. Windows is something that nobody needs.
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- Respectfully,
- Dave Langlois