no
--
Mark
/ * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat
* in order to get the rats up from below decks
* so they can be kicked over the side and drowned!
*
* REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496
*/
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On Fri, 1 Dec 2000 Eunice Thompson had this to say!
> Couldn't you folks who want to discuss or vent about Windows
> find a Windows mailing list or better yet,
> --start one.
> Can we just do Linux here?
> Thanks
>
> Eunice
>
>
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > it is...but often you'll find that all this venting is good theropy.
> >
> > --
> > Mark
> >
> > / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat
> > * in order to get the rats up from below decks
> > * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned!
> > *
> > * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496
> > */
> >
> > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<*REPLY SEPERATOR*>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 Abraham Pinzur had this to say!
> >
> > >
> > > > Technically, WinME is Win98 without any trace of DOS under the
> > > > covers. You
> > > > won't find autoexec.bat. config.sys, or any of those files on a
> > > > system with
> > > > WinME preinstalled.
> > >
> > > *Technically*, best I can tell, WinME's relationship to DOS is no different
> > > from Win95 or Win98. Take it from a guy who's wasted a lot more time
> > > exploring those relationships than I want to think about...
> > >
> > > Basically Win9x's autoexec.bat/config.sys only affected DOS programs anyway.
> > > MS chose to leave them out in the newest iteration, assuming (fairly
> > > reasonably, actually) that nobody buying a new WinME computer would ever
> > > even think of running a DOS program.
> > >
> > > However, the dirty little secret is that if you ever have to boot off of
> > > WinME's rescue floppy, you're right back at the DOS prompt!
> > >
> > > BTW, I subscribed to this list under the impression that it was devoted to
> > > an alternative OS... =)
> > >
> > > - Av -
> > >
>
>
