Author: Moritz Berger
Date: 14:25:18 12/04/97
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On December 04, 1997 at 17:08:59, Dirk Frickenschmidt wrote: >Hi Thorsten, > >how different people can be :-) > >I *hated* DOS from the very first moment I noticed it. Yet you would be the first to complain if your OS wasn't DOS compatible!!! As long as you demand DOS compatibility, DOS has to be at the root of your operating system. With all implications ... >As a user I am *not* *at* *all* interested even in knowing what a >printer driver is. Concept is called plug and play. Only that you need NEW hardware (and not the cheapest, buggiest from the next supermarket) of all kind to support it. Then even your modem asks for the required disk and installs the drivers itself. Again, you would be the first to complain if you couldn't use all your legacy hardware any longer!!! >Maybe it would be a nice task for programmers to invent something even >coming somewhat closer to a user interface which doesn't cause massive >problems nearly each and every day and just works fine with soft- and >hardware. > >"What you describe is paradise and not earth", programmers will >answer... Windows NT is an enterprise strength operating system with Win32 API so that will be able to run basically all your business applications on it. If you want an OS for playing games, don't complain that it isn't C2 certified as well. Win 95/98 + Active X is the OS for gamers, NT the one for people who have to actually do some productive work with their machines ;-) >Maybe even someone invents a system which shows some kind usability? >This would really be a gag! >I mean something that can be *used* - excuse the revolutionary vision... The OS isn't the biggest problem. 3rd party device drivers are responsible for most of the trouble ... >Being so terribly sick from what so many programmers use to offer all of >us all the time... Being so sick from what hardware and software so many customers buy for cheap money, plug it into their PC and complain about Microsoft and Windows. One point in case: Customers complain about CST because their graphics card has a buggy VESA BIOS ... You want unlimited compatibility, expandibility, cheap prices **AND** reliability. I don't see much hope on that road ... Moritz
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