[SATLUG] Fair Comparisons?!?!

[Larry Blodgett]

Who are those Linux advocates?  I searched the satlug archives and 
could not find any comparisons there.  There was a mention, that DOS 
was command line and you can use a command line in Linux.  They both 
use video monitors and keyboards.  As I recall (could be wrong, it 
has been a while) Win95 was still a poor gui front end on DOS.

Maybe the comparison was that DOS hardly ever crashed and Linux 
almost never crashes (could that be it?).  The blue screen of death 
was a nice new feature of the Microsoft Windows development process.

I just happen to see one on a co-workers screen running Windows 2000. 
They commented what a nice shade of blue had been chosen.  Linux can 
also produce some nice shades of blue, but not to signify the system 
has fallen apart.


>Got a question for some of you more experienced Linux (Lin-nuks) gurus.
>Why are Linux advocates always comparing Linux to M$-DOS? I think most
>people would agree its like comparing the space shuttle to a piper cup.
>But who even uses DOS anymore except for an occasional Tracert & Ping.
>
>I went all up and down the isles of CompUSA and Best Buy and didn't find
>even one game or application that ran on DOS.
>
>Besides didn't they stop development on it about the time Win95 came
>out?
>
>Your Feedback please
>
>- Eric

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