POLL: Is DOS dead?

[Blayze]

?

 

[andylawcc]

was the real dos dead long time ago, the ones available in ME and win2k is just an emulation?

 

[pm]

It makes a somewhat decent embedded OS.

 

[Noriaki]

Windows ME is still based on Win9x core which is built on by DOS.
Microsoft has removed the ability to shut down into real mode DOS, but there are still some virtual device drivers that have to load before the GUI can.

In Win2k there is no dos. There is a command prompt with DOS like commands, but Windows NT is not based on the 16bit DOS code.

 

[Ausm]

Dos is not dead use it at work all the time...will have support for it for many years to come.

AUsm

 

[office boy]

Dos = WinNT/2k admins desktop.

 

[prodigy]

^

 

[Blayze]

^

 

[corkyg]

I sure hope so!

 

[MWink]

Not by a long shot!

 

[Zach]

I dual boot Windows 2000 and 98's DOS. I have a 100MB boot partition with DOS on it, and the DOS versions of Partition Magic 4 & 5, so I can use partition magic without using the boot disks (my version wont run on windows 2000, don't know if the new ones do).

 

[rosarian007]

DOS will never die.

 

[AndyHui]

DOS dead? Not if I can help it! :Q

 

[andylawcc]

DOS is actually fun to use, I feel better coz those born-to-Imac/Windows-user have no clue how to use all those command prompts and stuff.

 

[Modus]

DOS as an operating system is all but dead with the latest versions of Windows. However, the DOS command line is alive and well, and will keep kicking well into the new millenium. The command line itself adds no burden on a system and is actually quite versatile for certain tasks.

For instance, using Windows, how fast can you change the extension of a group of files? It's a tedious, time consuming task. But with DOS, it's one line.

REN *.DOC *.BAK

Simple as that.

Modus

 

[skemlawn]

Dos IS dead from the common user standpoint, but a Command Line Interface is still sometimes more usefull than even the most powerfull and expansive GUI.

 

[Psylent]

dos prompt GOOD

its handy for doing little things that arent easy to do in windows

 

[ElFenix]

dos is hoss

 

[Yza]

I still use alot of command prompt stuff in windows, netstat (great for looking @ them icq users ips) ping , can't forget NETCAT!

 

[PowerJoe]

DOS is far from dead. Having the appropriate contacts, I had a chance to see how Microsoft work on some of their own projects, and many of their internal tools are command-line based (for example, SLM - source-control software). Also, you can make Win32 programs with command-line interface easily with Visual C++. I think command-line is still a viable solution.

-PJ

 

[hungrypete]

i wish to GOD that more of the freight rating software i have to manage was DOS based. The Dos based proggies we use are MUCH easier to manage than the WINDOWS based ones. I have to keep about 50 computers running 3 to 4 different versions of about 75 different rating programs, and the windows ones always have errors or write over the previous years registry entries. The dos ones just run, they run correctly and I only have to put it on the server instead of each computer. DOS IS SOOOOO ALIVE! Working for a logistics company kinda sucks.......

 

[hymy]

And you still need it for ghost too.

 

[SUOrangeman]

As a standalone OS, please let DOS die. If not, we'll never be able to run programs like BIOS flashers or Ghost & Partition Magic (without DOS scripts that run at reboot) in Windows. Innovation is a MUST.

But a command interpreter (like in NT/2K) is worth keeping.

-SUO

 

[Whitedog]

Even Windows ME will let you boot into a DOS only environment via bootdiskette. I'd bet there is a way to do it from HD too, haven't had time to look into it.

There will without a DOUBT Always be a need to boot to a command prompt only. Even Win2K still has Winnt.exe

SUOrangeman, if I HAD to boot all the way into Windows GUI to use Ghost, or Flash BIOS, I would want to KILL someone!! Get real!

 

[joemama]

For me the lack of the ability to boot to MS-DOS is a real incentive not to upgrade from 98SE to ME. It's a real wonder why Microsoft disabled that function in ME when it clearly has MS-DOS .

I am wondering if there is a fix or a way to boot to DOS in ME. Anyone know ?