Hi,
That's my guess:
2015-01-02 0:05 GMT+01:00 <cordat...@aol.com>:
> If you take a look one of the links from Jim recently he states:
>
> "But in an alternate reality, what would DOS had looked like if Microsoft
> *hadn't* moved to Windows? I think we get to define what that looks like."
>
My guess is that if Windows (the GUI) hadn't existed, then DOS386.EXE would
have been packed with MS-DOS, it would have never been renamed to
WIN386.EXE or VMM32.VXD, and MS-DOS would have had a wonderful multitasker
that allows you to switch between different MS-DOS sessions, and thus fully
profit from the power of a 386.
My guess is that the decision to pack DOS386.EXE with Windows (3.X+) and
not with MS-DOS was a commercial one, to push the market into Windows, and
not a technical one (just as the abilities of the NT kernel to run POSIX
and OS/2 applications were underdeveloped).
Commercially wise, but a pitty for software with such a huge potential :)
>
> Think for a second about what Microsoft, or any company would have done to
> continue DOS development ?
>
> They would have started by trying to understand what users would be doing
> with the new software. What kinds of things are users requesting that
> can't be done with MS-DOS 6.22 ? What could we do to increase market share
> for DOS compared to other operating systems?
>
>
> In my opinion, users usually like to run classic apps but profiting from
new hardware's capabilities. 386 gives you a way to access huge amounts of
memories and multitask, and that can be done in a 100% DOS flavour (as
DOS386/VMM32 proves).
But I am repeating my arguments from other mails, I hope I managed to
explain my position this time :)
Cheers,
Aitor
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