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In article <3vb4a8$f...@news.iadfw.net>, tdsh...@airmail.net (T.D. Shadow) wrote:

>>        2.  Win 95  less the GUI equals Dos, plain and simple.

>Not quite. Win 95 less the GUI equals Win 95's SAM command line mode.
>Just because OS/2 is superior (ie: multi-tasks in command line mode)
>doesn't mean that Win95's command line is DOS. It looks the same, and
>has the same (or similar) file names (as MS-DOS) because the
>programmers over at MS have little imagination (proof is in the fact
>that every complimentable feature in Win95 appeard somewhere else
>first).  Win95's command line is singletasking because MS has the
>attitude of "Who needs to multi-task in command line mode?" --
>Very similar to their "640K? That's more than anyone will EVER need!"
>attitude back in 1982.
>...but to call it DOS is just plain wrong. 

It *is* DOS. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a ducks, walks like
a duck.. then it is a duck! A single-tasking OS with only a CLI, all
command names the same as DOS, etc. *is* DOS.

>That is like calling Julian Lennon "John Lennon". He looks the same,
>sounds the same, sings the same... 

But there are a few subtle differences. For example, John Lennon was
a lot more popular than Julian. I can't find these subtle differences
in Windows 95. Windows 95 is just a bundle of MS-DOS 6.4 and Windows
3.2

>I agree. OS/2 is a superior product, but the INFERIOR product is not
>as inferior as you make it out to be. Shame that IBM has an inept
>marketing department. Windows 95 will sell millions of copies, it will
>soon become the standard, and IBM will rush behind to be compatable.

Don't be so pessimistic. Windows 95 hasn't proven anything yet, and
in real life hype has much less impact. We're here with a lot of
heatseekers. There are much less heatseekers in real life.

Joris







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