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From: Kaz Kylheku <349-534-5780@kylheku.com>
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Subject: Re: To all who write uninstallation programs for software you distribute
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 13:47:02 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2016-07-27, Wally W <ww84wa@aim.com> wrote:
> A beautiful thing about DOS: no matter how badly a program behaved, it
> never affected the OS. Rebooting returned to a pristine operating
> system.

Nonsense; only if you inserted a pristine DOS boot floppy into drive A:
and booted into that.

There were, like, viruses on DOS. Remember those? How did they exist,
if a badly behaved program couldn't affect the OS?

The DOS install on your C: hard drive, or an not-write-protected floppy
could be altered or completely trashed.