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Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 16:44:48 +0200
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On 12.05.11 15:28, Rugxulo wrote:
> On May 11, 7:45 pm, "Randy Brukardt" <ra...@rrsoftware.com> wrote:

> Then again, DOS isn't cool anymore.

Has DOS ever been cool?  I mean cool?  Rather, adopting DOS seems quite
frankly the most far reaching mistake that computer dependent
industry has committed, the consequences being loss of both
software quality and---far worse---a collective loss of any knowledge
of what quality software might be!


>> Or a security nightmare waiting to happen? Same with "call the BIOS".
> 
> People always find a way to breach security anyways. But yeah, DOS has
> pretty much none anyways, always "root".  :-)

Is DOS's privilege system different from what you get with
typical � targets?

OTOH, this all has little to do with Ada Tutor web site
shutting down. ;-)