Or Botton wrote:
>
> There's something in the user interface that I do
> not find as comfortable as in the DOS command line.
> The directories structure, the whole "feel" of the
> interface.
It's probably just a matter of familiarity. There
are small differences between the DOS and Linux CLIs,
which can be disconcerting. For example, when I move
between DOS and Linux, I am constantly tripped up the
the \. I am now much more comfortable with the Linux /.
It is DOS which has the wrong "feel".
> it got alot of things I wish DOS would have. The slick
> multitasking, the native long file names, high security,
> and etc'.
Don't forget filename completion. I use this a lot in
Linux and really miss it in DOS.
> "Why people are still using DOS" is like "Why people are
> still using a Mac, when a PC can do just about the same
> thing, and with more software". Its like "Why people
> still use OS/2" and "Why some people are actually keeping
> their Commodor and Atari and even developing software for it",
Computers are complex and it takes many months (years?) to
become proficient. It feels good to master the machine.
However, when you switch to a new OS, many of these skills
disappear, you are a newbie again. This is an uncomfortable
feeling, so people tend to stick with their old systems.
I was guilty of this. I stuck with my Commodore 64 for
three years past its use-by date. I should have switched
to IBM compatibles long before I did.
> DOS is an OS. Kapish. I can do on it just about everything
> I need, I am totally familiar with it, and I dont need to
> switch to another OS just to do exactly what I allready can.
That's fine if you are happy being frozen in time. The
mainstream abandoned DOS long ago and the leading edge
is now with Linux.
> I would like to see it "evolving" to have some of the
> features that current OSs got (32-bit, multithreading,
> multitasking), since this can only help my DOS work.
Sorry, this is not going to happen. If you want these
features, you need to switch to an OS that was designed
this way from the bottem up.
Cheers,
Steven
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