DOS has lost that edge because you run it in the windows environment and you can so easily get pulled away.
The advantage of pure DOS was that it was a single thread environment. You could blast away on it and you always got what you expected. While we may miss that, the world has moved on. Dennis McGrath Software Developer QMI Security Solutions 1661 Glenlake Ave Itasca IL 60143 630-980-8461 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Byerley Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 10:59 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Rbase and Tablets Well with respect to DOS for heads up data entry, I'm kinda on board with that, although not as much as I was 15 years ago. I thought Win95 was one of the reasons unemployment rate went down to 4.x% for a few years. ;-) These days though, as people (both users and programmers) have mastered the windows environment, I don't think data entry suffers quite so much. Further, the ability to mesh a myriad of data sources to a common point _without_ much user interaction has increased efficiency... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 11:07 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Rbase and Tablets :I agree 100% with Mike. But I can't help but remember that I've heard : Bruce's words before... From the die-hard users of DOS who insisted that : windows was for consumers, and nothing would ever replace DOS for heads-up data : entry. : : Karen : : : In a message dated 2/27/2012 9:50:47 AM Central Standard Time, : [email protected] writes: : > Sounds like the current tablet concept works best for for consumers, not : > producers, of data. Needs work. : > : > Bruce Chitiea
