Alan,
LOL, you might be right in regards Microsoft's ability to create
technical advances - though I did take the definition for DOS from
wepobedia at the following URL -
http://www.pcwebopedia.com/TERM/D/DOS.html
TTFN - Vic
|-----Original Message-----
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|[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alan S. Harrell
|Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 14:09
|To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|Subject: RE: [SaF] Origin of Microsoft DOS
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|On 29 Apr 2001, at 13:51, Victor Firestone wrote:
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|> The term DOS is an acronym for Disk Operating System. [...]
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|> Originally developed by Microsoft for IBM, MS-DOS was the standard
|> operating system for IBM-compatible personal computers.
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|I am sorry, Victor, but if you study the history of MS closely, you
|learn that MS never originated much of anything of a technical
|advancement.
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|
|Alan
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