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In <jhawkins0245...@tardis.apana.org.au>, Justin Hawkins <jhaw...@tardis.apana.org.au> writes:
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>pdeu...@metronet.com (Patrick Deupree) writes:
>>
>> Stephan Siano (ste...@embata.muk.uni-hannover.de) wrote:
>> : In <416h0n$q...@sulla.cyberstore.ca>, Neutronium Dragon <alfred...@cyberstore.ca> writes:
>> : Well, Win95 does need DOS, since it's still running under DOS.
>> : (Although the DOS is hidden better than before)
>>
>> Yeah, DOS is at the core, just like it is in OS/2 and Windows NT.
>
>Do you know what you're talking about? Buy a new computer. Format
>the hard drive totally. Install OS/2. It works. You can run DOS
>programs. All without an MS product in sight.

Well, DOS is still at the core of Win95 (used to load it and support some
drivers).  However, it is not at the core of either OS/2 or Windows NT.
OS/2 has DOS code that it calls for compatibility when you run a DOS or
Windows session, but the OS itself does not depend on it (same with WinNT,
though I don't know if NT supports DOS or Windows programs..  haven't used
it.)

The DOS code in OS/2 is probably from IBM's version of DOS, PC-DOS, and
not MS-DOS (I may be mistaken).  OS/2 does use MS code for Windows
emulation though.

Hmmmm....
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