re re re challenge to microsoft supporters in article twalls vo ncc d demon co uk twalls ncc d demon co uk tim walls writes from twalls ncc d demon co uk tim walls subject re re re challenge to microsoft supporters date mon may in article may vax clarku edu rmohns vax clarku edu writes but i don t want to have to run blasted windows every time i want to delete a tree it is absolutely ludicrous to load a hog like that just to delete some files it would be like requiring a crane to change the tyre on a car you don t and never had to that s what enhanced shells are for remember dos and ndos i mean come on you can t expect dos to cover everything from r microsoft has other projects to work on they want you to move to windows then later to win and eventually to cairo this way they give you a reason to by deliberately crippling the product surely no oh hold on i guess you re right that certainly stinks of microsoft marketing techniques i don t think they deliberately crippled the project on the other hand it is a technical achievement for what it does considering that it rides on top of dos i mean you get a gui with reasonable speed on a pc with xwindows running on top of linux or something similar you re still gonna need a fast processor re dos s death well amen to that but i wish it were a damn sight deader for a dead product its used an awful lot and i suspect its going to carry on twitching for a long while yet which isn t doing anyone any good except for the people who use dos programs which means about or more of the business world mike
