On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
As for the argument that ``The requirement to support 8.3 file names disappeared with the demise of MS-DOS'' when Windows 95 was introduced, it is IMNSHO is ridiculous. DOS didn't disappear when Windows 95 was unveiled, it is still out there and is being used in real-life projects (I had a subcontractor of mine chose DOS as the
Perhaps MS-DOS will never die, but the requirement to actually build software under MS-DOS is gone because MS-DOS cross-development tools are available which run on more capable operating systems.
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