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Nano Geek
April 1st, 2008, 02:04 PM
PCWorld today launched a new initiative to raise public awareness of DOS's legacy as one of the great Operating Systems and a light-weight alternative to Microsoft's latest Windows release, Windows Vista.

PCWorld Editor in Chief stands behind this new web campaign by stating, "Everybody likes saving time and money. Some save string or rubber bands or postage stamps. Others strive to save the whales, or the rainforest, or even the whole darn planet. As for us at PC World? Well, we're starting the month by declaring what we'd like to save. And with your help, we will."

If you are interested in saving DOS's great legacy from falling into forgetfulness, please visit http://www.pcworld.com/ic/savedos/ and see how you can help.

kutjara
April 1st, 2008, 02:17 PM
PCWorld today launched a new initiative to raise public awareness of DOS's legacy as one of the great Operating Systems and a light-weight alternative to Microsoft's latest Windows release, Windows Vista.

PCWorld Editor in Chief stands behind this new web campaign by stating, "Everybody likes saving time and money. Some save string or rubber bands or postage stamps. Others strive to save the whales, or the rainforest, or even the whole darn planet. As for us at PC World? Well, we're starting the month by declaring what we'd like to save. And with your help, we will."

If you are interested in saving DOS's great legacy from falling into forgetfulness, please visit http://www.pcworld.com/ic/savedos/ and see how you can help.

I thought Vista was DOS.:confused:

Oh no, now I remember, DOS was the STABLE operating system Microsoft used to make.

Chessmaster
April 1st, 2008, 02:27 PM
Even mundane tasks, such as displaying the contents of a directory, are quicker with DOS. Want to find and open a folder? In Windows, you must put your mousing wrist at risk of repetitive stress injury with several time-wasting mouse clicks. In DOS, all you have to do is type dir c:\foldername /p--engaging both of your hands (and therefore both hemispheres of your brain) and touching the same key twice in only three instances

Sounds like a (more than) tacit nod to command line usage.

tuebinger
April 1st, 2008, 03:26 PM
Ah, yes, the DOS days! No mouse... just a keyboard for input. I remember them well, and those huge, (really) floppy disks you needed to load your programs on the computer! Those were the days... (sigh) :lolflag: