Text 3701, 75 rader
Skriven 2005-10-07 15:46:34 av Maurice Kinal (1:261/38.9)
   Kommentar till text 3696 av CHARLES ANGELICH (1:123/140)
Ärende: software for linspire
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Hey CHARLES!

Oct 07 02:49 05, CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to MAURICE KINAL:

 CA> The Russians had been using their own version of DOS, PTSDOS in
 CA> one their satellites.

I see how well the Russian economy is doing so they are a good benchmark for
all things DOS.  Right?

 CA> PTS-DOS is certified by the Russian
 CA> Ministry of Defense and was used on the Russian satellites
 CA> 'Uragan'. NASA is using DOS and kermit within the International
 CA> Space Station (ISS). 

I've heard from realiable sources what is REALLY used for the mission critical
apps.

 CA> See: http://www.devedia.com/dosghost/forum/mesg/222.htm 

They can keep them.  I already know without having to search.

 CA> I did Google for "Linux ISS" but didn't find anything specific
 CA> other than those who _want_ linux to be used. 

Good for google.  I already know.  They are in the business of making money and
not hardcore information.  Mostly a waste of bandwidth that has deteriorated as
of late.  I could say the same about so-called 'news' these days, especially
the online crap.  It is all about money and little, if any, truth - whatever
that means.

 CA> Dell is selling a computer with no OS installed but includes
 CA> FreeDOS on a CD to use for installation purposes for whatever
 CA> OS is to be installed. IBM's hard drive install/maintenance
 CA> software is a floppy disk image using DRDOS. There are more. 

Good for them.  What does that have to do with what is best?  I'd be willing to
stack a customized ttylinux maintenance stuff against DR-DOS.  I am willing to
bet that you couldn't even boot DR-DOS on any of my systems whereas ttylinux
can, as well as any Dell, IBM, whatever.  I already know this.  I can prove it
too.

 MK>> 10 years ago. Keep up with the past old man!!! ;-) 

 CA> See above. :-) 

You too.  Drop by sometime and I'll show you what the good stuff REALLY is and
not what is simply advertising to get you to buy stuff you never needed in the
first place.

 CA> I can only guess that certain linux software wants to find one
 CA> of the Gnome or KDE or ??? GUI desktops. 

Dependancies.  Those particular ones don't exist here.  Funny thing is that the
apps I use will run on the above whereas Gnome and/or KDE apps won't run on my
systems ... unless I want them to and take care of their overbloated neediness
... which I don't btw.  They can keep them.

 CA>>> The Windows versions based on the NT kernel seem to do OK. 

 MK>> Not here it doesn't. Ziltch uptime for NT. 

 CA> Yes, I realize that you don't use Windows but speaking from my
 CA> own experience W2K isn't as flakey as the other versions of
 CA> Windows are. 

I've seen it trash harddrives.  I had to repair some off w2k systems.  These
daze it is flash disks screwed up by XP.  It's been done and I can prove that
too.

Life is good,
Maurice

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