On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 09:01:53 +0000, Heimo Claasen wrote:
> *** Precisely because Linux tends to be "heavy" (both on ressources
> use and use effort, even if the latter will be more easy by and by),
> DOS will remain a sure value for all text (and numerical), "easier"
> tasks, including quick-start (text-based) net applications.
I havta agree. I think the Microsoft juggernaut is dead in the water,
and since it can no longer roll over others in the software business
who have gotten on board Linux, it will run out of victims to keep
afloat.
I myself am one of the growing number of dos+linux; with Linux on
IDE controller 0 and the dos hd on IDE 1; I use the cmos to turn on
the Linux drive when I want it, which aint often. As you suggest,
most of what I do is text based, and I dont need a zillion fonts to
post online.
As you see, this is with dos/arachne; as an email tool I find it much
faster than linux/netscape, but nowhere near as fast as the old BBS
termcomms like {COMMO} and Boyan.exe ; maybe with nettamer, but I've
tried to install it twice and get error messages I dont understand.
But if it too is a gui interface to do mail with, it'll drag.
Linux still seems to suffer from it's mainframe network roots; any
version that comes out without all the network stuff for a single user
PC will get very popular very quick. the idea of home networks aint
so swift; I dont want my system trashed by some virus crap the kids
download in their endless search for new games. When we wanna transfer
files a plain vanilla RS232 does just fine.
PC Magazine fails to serve readers by constantly trying to push the
cutting edge hardware & software, and no doubt has received ad money
from Microsoft and the hardware manufacturers who benefit from a kind
of synergy of bloatware. It requires faster hardware; faster hardware
offers new features which you can only get if you buy new bloatware.
But where they have shot themselves in the foot, is at boot; taking
five minutes to load, or leaving the computer on all the time, is not
an appealing choice. I live in a rural area, and lotsa folks are now
moving out onto the urban fringe... where the power aint real clean.
California and other areas are expecting rolling blackouts. Which
means that the UPS will be drained by the time the power comes up.
A computer that is left off will have a fully charged UPS to let you
finish your work when you turn it on.
Then too, there is the speed of that work. Old Dos programs were very
well optimized to run on much slower hardware. Put them on what is in
common use now, and you _NEVER_ wait for a menu to come up. And when
the drive crashes, compare the 10-15 minutes it takes to install DR-DOS
with whatever you go thru with a CD ROM and Linux or windoz.
uncopywritten- do what you will with it.
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