>Speaking of upgrading/downgrading and getting the ``joy'' of a hobby
>out of an old OS, I have benn sperned/spawned/rejected/defamed and so on
>by countless software developers, system admins, customer support people
>and so on -- when I dare to mention that I actually use ``DOS'' not just
>once in a while but frequently.
>
>Anyone had that experience? These people are actively hostile many times,
>as if you are doing some degrading thing that is beneath contempt. Never
>mind trying to explain why you do it, although they ask (read: demand)
>and explanation. You are lucky if you do not come to some physical harm
>right there on the spot.
>
>I have only experienced this amount of negative steriotyping in connection
>with those using the ``old fashioned'' non-gui wordprocessors, like troff
>in Unix (but now we have html which is also a non-gui markup language.).
>People seem religiously attached to their desktop publishers or editors.
>
>Howard Schwartz
Your last example, troff, is a Unix program, and Unix is not a lowly OS as DOS
might be thought to be. Or were you referring to others, not yourself, using
troff?
I have experienced OS racism not only for DOS but OS/2 just as much, and even
Linux, with computer sales and tech support people, including but not limited to
Internet-related.
