Text 437, 34 rader
Skriven 2007-01-31 19:32:52 av Maurice Kinal (1:140/13)
    Kommentar till text 436 av Tony Summerfelt (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: microperl
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Hey Tony!

Jan 30 20:18 07, Tony Summerfelt wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 TS> i no longer have a dos machine to try it on.

I hear you.  I haven't needed one of those for ages now.

 TS> the only networking stuff i ever got working with dos was the fnos
 TS> version of the ka9q and that meant no third party software would work
 TS> with it...

I looked at those over a decade ago but then Linux took over control over ye
ol' 486 and it was never an issue after that so they never really stood a
chance.  I heard back then they were the way to go DOS-wise if that means
anything anymore.  I doubt it does.  I've only run across one person lately who
claims to be still using DOS and I don't think she has perl.  Maybe but I doubt
it.  My best guess is she doesn't have ruby either but maybe she could end up
surprising me there.  I was surprised to hear she still is using DOS and
getting away with it although she might not be telling the whole truth and
could be faking it like all the Windows and OS/2 people have been doing all
these years.  Beats me why they should want to do that but they do.  I've even
encountered Linux people wanting to fake it for some strange reason, believe it
or not.  I can understand why the Windows people would want to do it but why
the OS/2 and/or - especially - the Linux people?!?!?!?!

So far the Vista release seems to be a bust from what I've heard.  We'll see
but it sure looks like the beginning of the end for MS.

Life is good,
Maurice

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