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> Actively maintained is a handicap for something that's supposed to be a fixed long-term "standard". Not if the static version is buggy.
by yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
> Actively maintained is a handicap for something that's supposed to be a fixed long-term "standard".
Not if the static version is buggy.
- icedchai 2y agoMS-DOS 6.22 from 1994 isn't stable enough?
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoThe reason I suggested FreeDOS was because the root comment was essentially a laundry list of bugs in MS-DOS. If there's a readily-available MS-DOS that does the job and doesn't have (material) bugs then sure by all means use that, but then what are we even talking about here?
- fuzzfactor 2y agoThese bugs in ver 3.3 are lingering from when very many individuals could not yet afford a HDD.
- fsckboy 2y ago>MS-DOS 6.22 from 1994 isn't stable enough? you're reading a discussion of a bug in that code...
- icedchai 2y agoI am? The article mentions MS-DOS 3.3 which is about 7 years older