-=> Quoting Robert Bull to Leonard Erickson <=-

 RB> Hello, Leonard;

 RB> 15 Jun 03 23:39, Leonard Erickson wrote to Robert Bull:
 
 RB>> Sounds like I'll have to keep an older OS around in order to run
 RB>> the programs I like...
 
 LE> You can always *try* them. But XP is essentially *designed* to not run
 LE> old DOS apps. And the version after XP is going to be even worse. MS's
 LE> "Palladium" will give them the ability to deny users access to any
 LE> file or programs at will. All in the name of "improved security".

 RB> No wonder Microsoft are so cordially hated.  It's not in fact that I'm
 RB> indissolubly wedded to DOS, as that I need a command line, and DOS has
 RB> long  been the command line I'm familiar with and the one that works
 RB> with  Windows.  All those little DOS apps strung together in batch
 RB> files mean I  can make mini-apps of my own without real programming,
 RB> and not many DOS apps  have been re-written for Win 32-bit command
 RB> lines.   

Well, part of the "security" stuff is MS seeing ways to pull the same
sort of tricks that the record and movie infdustries have been pulling
with things like DMCA making it illegal to reverse engineer stuff.

BTW, if you want a command line, check out Take Command from JP
Software. Gives Windows a command line. :-)

I think http://www.jpsoft.com is the URL.

Me, I've got an OS/2 box I do most of my "DOS" stuff on, a DR-DOS box
that's running the node, a couple of Windows boxes for things that
aren't easily down on the others, and a Netware server that ties the
mess together.

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