On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 07:21:02AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote: > > > Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes. > > > windows comes from dos, which was designed for personal desktops. > > > > Well technically Unix was designed for mid-sized computers... > > And wasn't DOS designed for the workstation?
Nope, Dos was for 16 bit PCs. It was like Unix's under-achieving relative :) 8.3 filenames, single-tasking, crappy shell,... > I kind'a miss DOS. http://www.freedos.org Bijan -- Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.crasseux.com
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