From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10261c,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f907c,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gidf907c,public X-Google-Thread: 145623,d4aba2022b03306e X-Google-Attributes: gid145623,public From: Catherine Rees Lay Subject: Re: M$ to STRIKE again... Date: 1997/04/07 Message-ID: <+ma59EAm5QSzEwBX@reeslay.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 231315491 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: reeslay.demon.co.uk References: <33489A15.453C@ix.netcom.com> <3348FC2E.A8B@csolve.net> Organization: Catherine Rees Lay Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.pascal.misc,comp.lang.prolog,comp.lang.basc.visual.misc,de.comp.lang.c Date: 1997-04-07T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <3348FC2E.A8B@csolve.net>, Mike Monett writes >We erased WIN95 a year ago and moved everything back to DOS. For each >function we now do in DOS, we gain at least 10X improvement in throughput >and productivity. This is the promise that MicroSoft has been making all >along, but you have to know how to apply the appropriate filter. > >There is a wealth of DOS available on the web for anyone who cares to >look. In fact, there is a lot of innovative and useful stuff for DOS that >is simply not available in Windows. > >If you subscribe to the SimTel mailing list, it is astonishing how much >programming effort goes into "advanced" screensavers and personal address >books. How many more of these "advanced" programs do we need? > >The thing that frightens me most about Windows is looking in the Borland >Delphi Bugs List and checking these newsgroups. It is amazing to see the >workaraounds people have to use to solve problems they run into. If this >is an example of professional programming and how to write solid code, >then DOS is the future for us. It is still supported by IBM and Caldera. > >Anyway, with email, who needs a 50 megabyte word processor anymore? > >Best Regards, > >Michael R. Monett >CEO >Analog & Digital Design >PO Box 460 >Victoria Harbor >Ontario Canada L0K 2A0 >mailto:add@csolve.net Win95 is not as solid as DOS, it's true. However, it is a LOT better than Windows 3.1. Not switching from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 because of the bad things you have heard about 95 is a big mistake. Not switching from DOS, on the other hand, I can understand, though you may find new commercial software harder and harder to come by - most people won't buy DOS-based software any more, so most companies no longer target it. Don't be too hard on Delphi, btw - just because Borland are prepared to acknowledge their bugs doesn't mean they have any more than other companies/products. The existence of a well-defined bugs list is a plus, not a minus. Catherine. -- Catherine Rees Lay