On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Jonathan Chang wrote:
>In a message dated 2000:09:12 10:50:27 AM, artabanos@MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU writes:
>
>>Dan Sulani wrote:
>>
>>> I still can't come to terms with the way I've heard Americans
>>> pronounce DOS,( = /das/). [...] After all, it's short for "Disk
>>> /a/-perating System.
>
> DOS = Dinosaur Operating System
I don't know. Windoz are nice and the gui environment has a number
of things to commend it; but there ain't nuthin like talkin direct
(or _reasonably_ directly) to the computer. One reason why I won't
switch to the New and Unimproved version of Windoz is that there is
no DOS mode available.
Padraic.
>
> *gigglabyte*
>
> czHANg
>