Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: The Case For Quick Basic In The 21st Century. Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 18:51:35 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: References: <292bac77-766b-4d17-b87f-237bc2544943@googlegroups.com> <4bthic-5co.ln1@mail.specsol.com> <1d5856f2-5191-466e-b833-d33964b9ed10@googlegroups.com> <83426bl3f0mrsfrfh2ijg8v8nqpk1vss2k@4ax.com> <9bj76bdekkkgb9imripl2apf596uv84rfc@4ax.com> Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="7202"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18CoOe6HeuIlSPriqbDfRy6" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ccl+sH62ATrJItAVbu0PrvgChbM= Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:537688 Wally W. wrote: > On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 00:55:15 -0500, Wally W. wrote: > > Actually, this discussion is lost in the weeds. > > The bigger problem is that M$ abandoned *all* 16-bit software that > used to run fine in Windows. You say that like it is a bad thing. > If the latest versions of Windows included a DVM that supports DOS > programs, there would be no problem running QBASIC. And the market sector for that is what, you and a couple of other Luddites? > M$ broke much more than the abililty to use QBASIC. Yet Microsoft is in no danger of going bankrupt. You do understand that Microsoft is a business to make money? And more to the point, if that obsolete stuff is so great, why aren't you still running Windows 3? -- Jim Pennino