Slashdot story about Tim Patterson "Father of DOS"...
Yeah, I read that earlier tonight. Lots of info I didn't know but it's hard to get the facts from Slashdot. Going to have to find a good book or something for the REAL truth. Unfortunately, that's what this whole mess is about.
Yeah, I read that earlier tonight.
Lots of info I didn't know but it's hard to get the facts from Slashdot. Going to have to find a good book or something for the REAL truth. Unfortunately, that's what this whole mess is about. heh. I wonder if Bill Gates knows?
Lots of people bashing DOS, heck they probably don't even know what DOS is!
As you mentioned APK, DOS is still usefull even today:
Low level access to hardware
Low memory footprint
Fast boot speed
Less possibillity of corruption due to virus/spyware/adware.
Cheap to license
Compare this to something like Linux or Windows Embedded and for certain types of hardware DOS is more usefull.
Lots of info I didn't know but it's hard to get the facts from Slashdot. Going to have to find a good book or something for the REAL truth. Unfortunately, that's what this whole mess is about. heh. I wonder if Bill Gates knows?
Lots of people bashing DOS, heck they probably don't even know what DOS is!
As you mentioned APK, DOS is still usefull even today:
Low level access to hardware
Low memory footprint
Fast boot speed
Less possibillity of corruption due to virus/spyware/adware.
Cheap to license
Compare this to something like Linux or Windows Embedded and for certain types of hardware DOS is more usefull.
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