DOS ain't dead - The DOS user base is much larger than you think

The DOS user base is much larger than you think (Miscellaneous)

posted by sol, 24.10.2007, 18:38

> The number of users running DOS (whether they know that or not) and the
> number of DOS users active on the Internet or FidoNet are very different
> numbers. As Udo Kuhnt noted, DOS users are very shy :-)

My comment that Jack is "dealing with a *very* small community" and that many of them have grown tired of him still stands as completely truthful.

If you want to stand by some random number "in the millions" counting users who if asked would say they're not DOS users (don't know it's DOS), don't work with the OS directly, don't update it or its drivers, don't appear anywhere online and may or may not exist --- then go for it.

That really has no bearing on Jack's user base, though, which was the point.

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Complete thread:

Only One "Customer" -- ONLY ONE!!! - Jack, 17.10.2007, 23:39 (Miscellaneous)
- Only One "Customer" -- ONLY ONE!!! - Steve, 18.10.2007, 08:27
- Only One "Customer" -- ONLY ONE!!! - sol, 23.10.2007, 17:41
  - NO! - Jack, 23.10.2007, 21:49
    - NO! - sol, 23.10.2007, 22:50
      - The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 24.10.2007, 13:55
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 24.10.2007, 17:43
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 24.10.2007, 18:27
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 24.10.2007, 18:38
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 25.10.2007, 09:16
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 25.10.2007, 17:16
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 25.10.2007, 18:05
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 26.10.2007, 02:27
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 02:32
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 26.10.2007, 04:42
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 06:27
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 26.10.2007, 07:42
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 17:40
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 27.10.2007, 14:04
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - DOS386, 26.10.2007, 08:07
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 18:05
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 27.10.2007, 13:55
        30 seconds boot time - lucho, 27.10.2007, 14:32
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 28.10.2007, 01:38
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Steve, 28.10.2007, 04:26
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 28.10.2007, 20:18
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 29.10.2007, 13:31
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 30.10.2007, 16:47
        The charm of DOS - lucho, 30.10.2007, 17:23
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 31.10.2007, 00:43
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - DOS386, 26.10.2007, 07:59
        The "Title" of This Thread. - Jack, 24.10.2007, 19:36
        The "Title" of This Thread. - sol, 24.10.2007, 19:46
        Get Something ELSE!! - Jack, 24.10.2007, 22:27
        Get Something ELSE!! - sol, 24.10.2007, 23:01
        The "Title" of This Thread. - DOS386, 25.10.2007, 06:30
        The "Title" of This Thread. - rr, 25.10.2007, 10:48
        The "Title" of This Thread and the God - DOS386, 26.10.2007, 08:10
        The "Title" of This Thread. - Steve, 25.10.2007, 14:55
        Boot floppy - lucho, 25.10.2007, 15:29
        The "Title" of This Thread. - DOS386, 28.10.2007, 02:00
        The "Title" of This Thread. - sol, 28.10.2007, 20:28
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - RayeR, 29.10.2007, 12:35
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 30.10.2007, 16:44
        Seagate and DOS - lucho, 30.10.2007, 17:24
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 19:20
        DyDOSaurs - lucho, 30.10.2007, 20:05
        DyDOSaurs - sol, 30.10.2007, 20:10
        Questions to Solomon - lucho, 31.10.2007, 10:32
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 30.10.2007, 21:05
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 21:47
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 30.10.2007, 22:29
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 30.10.2007, 22:34
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 22:48
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 02:29
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 31.10.2007, 05:01
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 14:44
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 31.10.2007, 17:26
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 22:43
        Seagate and DOS - Rugxulo, 31.10.2007, 00:51
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 01:12
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 31.10.2007, 04:35
        Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 22:47
        Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 01:22
        The DOS user base is much larger than you think - RayeR, 31.10.2007, 12:40
- One of the biggest improvements to DOS - lucho, 25.10.2007, 16:39
  - One of the biggest improvements to DOS - Tom, 25.10.2007, 17:06
- Let's End THIS Poor-Old Thread, As Well! - Jack, 31.10.2007, 15:46