Bob Hughes <inv### [at] aolcom> wrote:
: I thought the DOS version was being phased out in future versions since
: DOS is, after all, MS-made and MS isn't going to be using DOS per se
: anymore in future version of OSs.

  Not true.
  Microsoft has to support dos programs because most of people use them
(games etc). Sometimes those programs just don't work under windows.
  You also must be able to boot from a floppy disk. Suppose that your
computer gets infected by a virus. You have to boot from a clean floppy
and run a virus scanner from that floppy disk. You can't make a clean
boot to windows from a floppy disk. If you boot to windows, the virus will
also load itself to memory. If it has some sort of stealth capabilities or
something like that, there you are.
  That's why f-prot is still a dos-program.

  Have you ever tested the speed of msdos pov (from raw dos) and winpov?

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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