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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 3489/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Banedon As I understand, Microsoft actually bought the program, rather than stealing it. And certainly there's no argument that Windows' GUI is good (maybe some don't like it, but you have to admit, it's simple and functional). Windows' problem isn't the GUI, it's the programming.  |
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69  Posts: 2116/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by HyperHackerJesus. Microsoft wasn't the first to have a DOS. The Apple II shipped with Apple DOS in the late seventies, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't the first DOS out there but I just don't know any other computer with it offhand. Microsoft did indeed buy *their* version from a small Seattle company, but it only goes to show that everyone did DOS dialects these days. A few survived to be around even after MS-DOS; DR-DOS and of course FreeDOS (which arguably didn't survive seeming as how it wasn't started onOriginally posted by Banedon  ). |
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Banedon Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 55 Posts: 986/1408 EXP: 1291380 For next: 22809 Since: 03-15-04 From: Michigan Since last post: 101 days Last activity: 90 days |
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| Apple DOS was nothing like MS-DOS though...and Commodore DOS was even more different, for instance, the command to format a disk was "N0:NAME OF DISK,ID". And Commodore DOS existed on the actual disk drive, not the computer. | |||
FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 1189/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Back in the time, DOS was a very generic time when disks got cheap. Disk Operating System. The DOS that most people think of today is based on CP/M. Microsoft bought 86-DOS to develop into MS-DOS (which IBM split at version 1.1 into PC-DOS). It's arguable weather 86-DOS was actually stolen code from CP/M... Jesper: I don't know where you got your info, but FreeDOS is alive and well. Development is still done by many people... and it's nearing FreeDOS 1.0 (in which their goal of being 100% compatible with MS-DOS 5.0 would be done). |
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69 Posts: 2123/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by FreeDOSI'm not saying it isn't alive and well - I'm just saying it's hard for it to "survive" when it didn't even exist! |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 1196/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Originally posted by JesperOriginally posted by FreeDOSI'm not saying it isn't alive and well - I'm just saying it's hard for it to "survive" when it didn't even exist! umm... are you feeling ok? |
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Apophis Red Super Koopa Level: 45 Posts: 372/882 EXP: 640255 For next: 19909 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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| On a lighter note, I saw an article about his death which called him "Mac Daddy". | |||
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69 Posts: 2142/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by FreeDOSExist when the rest of the DOSes died down in the late eighties? FreeDOS was conceived in the mid-nineties. I'll never try joking with you again.Originally posted by JesperOriginally posted by FreeDOSI'm not saying it isn't alive and well - I'm just saying it's hard for it to "survive" when it didn't even exist! |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 1198/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Well... I didn't notice any decline in the late eighties, actually I view that period as the very peak of its "empire"  I only saw DOS dying down starting from late 1999....  FreeDOS was concieved (original PD-DOS; PD for Public Domain, changed because GPL != public domain) in 1994. It was when John Hall announced to Usenet that the community should make their own free MS-DOS, just as GNU/Linux is a free Unix. This was when Microsoft announced that Windows 95 will be its own operating system without MS-DOS underneath it (and the propoganda was the only evidence they had at the time). FreeDOS (between PD-DOS and FreeDOS, it was Free-DOS) was made because a lot of people just thought DOS to be too great to be gone forever... Enough talk. Let's discuss Mac OS X in our next week's segment! |
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69 Posts: 2153/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| We have segments? When I said "die down" I meant in number of variants available. A lot of companies had taken the leap to shell extensions for Windows instead. - like those sticking extra buttons in the title bar. |
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