Dear Tibor,
}- I feel really honoured, but I don't consider myself as a hero,
}- especially as a computer hero. Anyway, heroes usually don't
}- live very long....
Good, that's the way I hoped you would feel :) You tell the
truth, you have made a "quest" to the other (non-windows) side,
lived to tell about it, and come back to share your wisdom with
those who don't have the courage to make the journey. You have
dared to express an apparently unpopular point of view (to some,
anyway). You stick to the facts and logic of the matter without
being swayed by emotional appeals and attempts to change the
subject. You have stood up for what is true and right, and taken
the heat for that. These are the things that make you a hero to
me.
And perhaps if others can't stand the heat they should stay out
of the kitchen.
Some people will get the tone of the message mixed-up with the
message itself, this seems to be an old problem. And look how
many people took what you (and I) said personally. You nor I
called anyone here an idiot. It was *Pippi*, a self-proclaimed
Windows advocate who first used the term idiot. Yet they made
the jump to themselves and took it personally - perhaps a nerve
was touched and got a little too close to home. Unfortunately I
don't know what pill to recommend for these maladies.
As far as heros not living very long, that's not always true.
Look at Bill Gates. Some people consider him a hero, and he's
still alive. <vbg> No wonder he's so worried about competition
and piracy, and dirty business practices - he's stolen everything
from all the other major players, Xerox, Mac, UNIX, etc. He's
the biggest pirate of them all!
And look where the Windows babies go for help, right to the old
DOS experts here in the SurvPC list! (A certain modem problem
comes to mind.) Or perhaps there is some bitterness over the
fact thet they were fooled by the slick ad campaign, that it's
not really so easy and powerful, that an idiot *can't* do it when
it comes to the really important and necessary stuff. (I
actually had a Windows user tell me that she was doing system
configuration - it turned out what she was really doing was
choosing wallpaper and colors!) Look how many of them just can't
grasp the fact that Windows is really a horribly cut-up version
of DOS, with some pretty pictures and very questionable code laid
on top. "Thunking".....really?! E GAD, the overhead!
}- As for as Novell DOS, it has no URL. I had luck and on a
}- fleamarket I could by two unopened boxes with Novell DOS a
}- couple of months ago, about 2.5$ each. I only installed it,
}- when it appeared that it behaves better with my protected mode
}- programmes than DRDOS 7.03. However, I can offer you a
}- textfile of about 28kb from Compuserve's old Novell Forum. It
}- contains some useful tips for configuration and usage and
}- should be fully applicable to Open/DR DOS too.
Is Novell DOS on abandonware status then? I 'spose it still
can't be legally distributed (?) even if it is. If it can be I
would gladly offer it at my site. (If anyone knows the
legalities please email.)
I would love to have the textfile, thank you :) please email it.
And keep in touch Tibor, on or off list - I'd hate to lose you.
Boanne
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