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Re: [OT] How far have we come?

• Posted by jjnick at cvn.com May 06, 2001
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I agree, we have gained nothing except headaches, in my opinion, except
maybe preemptive multitasking . . .  But, Linux has this though . . .?  I am
the program director at the local radio station here, and their computer
system that runs the radio station is DOS based!  Run's for weeks until
another power outage . . . UPS time . . .  anyway . . .

I'd love to see a true self-diagnostic/object oriented/social interface
w/artificial intelligence/3D Hyperbolic browsing/secure OS . . .  Anybody
ready?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Irv Mullins" <irvm at ellijay.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 8:32 AM
Subject: [OT] How far have we come?


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> I have been looking at several dozen Pascal programs I wrote ~20 years ago
for
> a friend, who still uses them daily in his business. The idea, of course,
was
> to convert these to Windows programs, both to be "modern" and to be sure
they
> would run on the next version(s) of Windows, in case Bill. G. actually
drops DOS
> support.
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> My problem: I can't for the life of me see any way they can be improved by
> using Windows. They run faster on a 286 with 640k than similar Windows
> programs do on a 350Mhz 128meg. system. The "user interface" is quicker
> and easier that it would be on Windows.  And DOS seldom crashes.
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> I'm not really asking for advice (it's welcome nevertheless)
> Mainly I'm just wondering if we've really gained anything, other than
> headaches from trying to deal with  the Windows API, and smaller bank
accounts
> from continually fortifying our pc's to deal with the ever-increasing
demands?
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> Regards,
> Irv
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