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The end of commercial DOS?

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mobrien_12:
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1558309,00.asp

 
quote:Excerpt from the Article
"DOS is what it is," said Sparks. "We're not looking to add substantial features to it, as we're at the point of diminishing returns

WMD:

quote:The primary new feature of the 8.0 release is FAT32/large-partition support,
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FINALLY!!!! \\\\\O/////  :D

Still, no real reason to stick with DOS anymore, unless you wanna run some 286 and below, and *maybe* 386/486 (though Linux runs on that too).

As much as it sucks, it's sad to see it go.  :(

hm_murdock:
The two old Nemeses are dead.

Mac OS 9.2.2 in 2001 was the last release of the classic Mac OS, and now it seems that DOS has seen its last commercial release.

May they rest in peace.

DrDoog:
but didn't Wengier's MS-DOS 7.10 cut have FAT32 for a couple of years?

LONG LIVE DOS

WMD:
Oops, you're right, MSDOS did have FAT32 support.  But then again, MSDOS 7.1 wasn't really a DOS release, it was just the DOS part of Win9x.

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