DOS ain't dead

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

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 26.10.2007, 02:27

> If you think even 10% of the people buying these brand new ~2 GHz PCs are
> using them with FreeDOS, an OS that can't even come close to taking
> advantage of the hardware...then you're totally delusional and I see no
> point in replying to you any further.

There are not a lot of useful floppy distros for other OSes, whether they are "superior" or not to DOS. Even FreeDOS is kinda fractured, and new stuff isn't always kept together (one of the main reasons I make my own mini distro). A lot of people actually are using old stuff when newer, better is available. In short, DOS isn't as bad as it used to be.

Besides OctaOS and MenuetOS, what other small OSes are there that are actually usable? tomsrtbt is like > 5 years old, so I don't use it. No, I do not consider his exactly super usable to the average person. The typical Linuxer gravitates towards Ubuntu (or Debian, etc.), SUSE, or Fedora. These are way way way more complicated than DOS ever was, but I still wouldn't say DOS is useless or bad. In fact, if FreeDOS had half their developers, they'd be further along instead of very slowly moving at a crawl (which is still pretty darn good!).

> One last thing --- my whole point was that Jack has and is totally
> alienating his users. This especially includes all FreeDOS users, he
> "threw the baby out with the bathwater" when he had some problems with a
> couple people.

Not sure if you knew, but his current drivers do work with FreeDOS. Thanks again, Jack.

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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