Re: Version 4.1.4b No Longer Supports Dos
- Posted by alanjohnoxley Dec 22, 2010
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Who has noticed that the "dos box" is still availible in windows 7, or why?
My job is to support a cross platform batch job sheduler; windows/AIX/linux/mainframe/HP/Sun/AS400 you name it OS.
The *vast* majority of the apps we shedule are invoked by - you guessed it - the command line or equivalent. The apps include java classes, legacy mainframe jobs, SQL, bat files etc etc. Simply because if we launch a GUI, there is nobody there to interact with that GUI, unless we build some automation to interact. The apps are the core central processing of local government, banks, stock exchange, etc.
If the DOS command prompt or equivalent is removed from a OS, the abovementioned will simply not port thier apps. They can't.
The DOS window will be around for some time to come IMHO. Even if the screen specific DOS functions are not.
For myself, I'll use the v3.11 Euphoria when I need to, else it will be the latest & greatest.
Its a pity nobody with enough skill is willing to support the DOS specific functions, for whatever reason.
Cheers
Alan
