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SubjectRe: Getting IOCTL's into VFS File System Drivers
allbery@kf8nh.apk.net (Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH)  wrote on 14.11.99 in <199911142336.SAA12928@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net>:

> That chapter also stated that DOS 3.x would default to a SWITCHAR of "-" and
> would add limited multitasking features, and that DOS would gradually be
> migrated to full Xenix compatibility, followed by its being fully replaced
> by Xenix (!). I sometimes wonder what the computing world would be like if
> Microsoft had actually done this....

Let's see.

The plan was to replace DOS with Xenix.

Then the plan was to replace DOS with OS/2.

Currently the plan is to replace DOS ("Windows 98") with NT ("Windows
2000").

I wonder how long we'll have to wait for the plan to change again - and
what the next candidate will be ...

Linux? That'd be allmost full circle. ;-)

MfG Kai

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