Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>
> On Sat, 03 Feb 2001 15:54:06 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
>
> > It looks like I hafta put smiley faces at the end of my jokes. :(
>
> > Just imagine:
> > Wouldn't it be great if the best piece of sotware ever written, output
> > these lines in text mode on almost everyone's screen when started ? :
>
> > "This program cannot co-exist on the same hard drive as Microsoft Windows."
> > "Please re-format drive C: and try again. Have a nice day."
>
> > *
> > Too bad that piece of software hasn't been written yet. ;-)
> > *
>
> Yes, it has been written.
> It's called DOS and its autoexec.bat file.
> (shortened to conform to length limitation)
> [place all on one line in autoexec.bat]
>
> prompt=This program cannot co-exist on the same hard drive as Microsoft Windows.
> Please re-format drive C: and try again. $p$g
That's a nice prompt Glenn, and a really great idea, but not what I had in
mind when I said: "the greatest piece of software ever written".
What if there was a program (or OS) that was *SO* fantastic/useful/useable
that everyone in the world absolutely _had_ to have it !!
Then the message has effective meaning. <G>
- Clarence Verge
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