Sorry - lurking, but my 2c briefly: there's a lot to be said for the self-satisfying, validating feeling of actually physically handcrafting your thoughts for contribution to the broader society as a whole. Whether those efforts actually makes an impact on that society... well, does that really matter? The "snapback" I see for example (?) to earlier-era ethos by way of typewriters is echoed in the newer generation who realise the delight of using ancient (for example, IBM) *mechanical* keyboards over the standard bubblewrap that is marketed with modern, built-to-self-destruct consumer-level laptops. In a similar way I guess, the FreeDOS environment offers a window back to that golden age of the de-cluttered work ethic where the user actually *produced* things - rather than serve primarily as a consumer being continually prescribed "products". These products - or distractions - could be in the form of ribbon-based interfaces, all the data-mining that goes on with social media interfaces - all the bells and whistles that come with a modern poker/gaming machine. Sadly now it appears that with all the marketing that characterises the modern digital world - broadly speaking, the "tool" has been flipped from the original side of the keyboard.
What happened when George R.R. Martin "upgraded" from his beloved DOS Word to a new machine with the latest M$ Orifice?? Well, his output stalled and *still waiting* after 10 years for Winter to actually arrive in the bookstores. So FreeDOS to me represents the freedom to just be with my thoughts, use tools that are perfectly suited to my requirements (I maintain and use "vintage" IBM ThinkPads as my daily drivers, for example). And I don't have to run on the hamsterwheel for continually having to upgrade my equipment. It's work, people - not Market Science. > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
