On 5/11/05, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> begin  quoting Todd Walton as of Wed, May 11, 2005 at 07:31:37AM -0700:
> > An InformationWeek article says that, with the 64-bit version of
> > Windows, there will be no DOS (which they've already dropped with XP)
> > and no 32-bit apps.  Specifically:
> 
> How many times have they dropped DOS, honestly, really, we mean it?

Oh.  Just realized I said "32" above; I should have said "16".  As for
dropping DOS, they dropped it with XP, I thought.  And with the
replacement command line environment, they actually added a few useful
features.

> But I don't think the break will necessarily mean they're going to fix
> the broken things. They're just going to drop the less lucrative bits.

I disagree.  I think roses will spontaneously bloom and cause all the
peoples of the world to join hands and sing.  Except maybe you,
Stewart.

-todd, not above his own harumphing


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