On Jun 25, 8:48*am, Allodoxaphobia <bit-buc...@config.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:54:51 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
>
> >> He even goes on to say he stopped using windows since the last 3 years!
> >> PS: Why do I smell a rat ?
>
> > ON the other hand, Mr. Gates is basically a DOS guy.
> > And DOS got its ideas from Unix, I boldly claim...
>
> And, Mr Gates got DOS from someone else -- which was the beginning of
> the m$ business model.
>
> [Mai-wai: please fix your news client to include attribution.]

no, MS-DOS through 4.01 had 2 programmers.
PC-DOS is re-worked, ground up.
NDOS, or New DOS is a free version.
I run FreeDOS, which is excellent since I install updates to BIOS with
it, on a linux box.

The windowing system was first done in Unix. XBase is still
available.

Compatibility is shaky at best with virtual machines. Lindows is your
best option. As, it includes DOS emulation, validated win code, and
various kernel options for linux.

For maximum productivity. Try full blown Unix. With hardware
options. Development kits, start at around $15,000US.