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Hello Wayne - 

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WC> For me there's still a place for DOS and it may remain so
WC> for some time to come until I'm really quite familiar with
WC> Linux which has great stability and wide scope. 

No need to worry. I'm just having some fun with Dave. He loves
to prod me about using legacy hardware and software and I enjoy
watching him try to justify what cannot be justified. 

In the foreseeable future we will all keep a Windows install
handy for compatibility until such time as the majority of the
installed base of users is using some other OS. At that time we
will keep that OS 'handy'. 

As long as we need a Windows install we will need DOS to
maintain it. 

I don't sell this stuff and really don't care what OS dominates
the existing installed user base. I would've voted for OS9
myself but Microware got greedy after their license to Radio
Shack ran out and upped the price to $700 US. From Radio Shack
it was $99. Big jump. :-\ 

OS9 predates MINIX and Linux and is very much like BasicLinux
in size, speed, and is a *nix clone. Been around for a long
time, has existing (pricey) apps, etc. I have both LVL I and
LVL II OS9 for a now non-existent hardware platform here on
diskettes. There was a plain-jane GUI interface too. Big
difference is it executes in 64k of memory. :-) 

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