Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!storethat.news.telefonica.de!telefonica.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Klaus Meinhard" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc,alt.msdos Subject: Re: What role does "DOS" play in Windows 95/98? Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:19:50 +0200 Lines: 21 Message-ID: <9g7c2cFu2aU1@mid.individual.net> References: <4E9B5A53.392C9558@Guy.com> <4E9CBE49.C89ADE01@Guy.com> <9g4m4qFfqcU1@mid.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net msdtHriFI7Zi1iYncmaLVQ58HEnh3ATUxC/7eIOMLjPLnY9vRO Cancel-Lock: sha1:2JcLsdD1Ej2E1dVVllJ/SMyVJxw= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18197 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6002.18463 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.msdos.programmer:306 comp.os.msdos.misc:161 Hallo Ant, > I've no idea why VG is so passionate about it because it was a side > issue to the thread topic and I wasn't arguing one way or the other > but only pointing out some things that made me take that view. thanx for the explanation. :-) As I tried to outline in my last posting, it is a question of how you define your terms (under, on top of..., etc.) and shouldn't really matter to anybody outside of MS marketing in the 90s. "DOS Guy" seems to be a little challenged in grasping his facts, so I'll lay this to rest. -- Best regards, * Klaus Meinhard *