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I'm not sure what makes them say that DOS is dead. There are and there will always be plenty of command line tools on Windows, so there's no way Microsoft is go
by laurent123456 14y ago
I'm not sure what makes them say that DOS is dead. There are and there will always be plenty of command line tools on Windows, so there's no way Microsoft is going to completely remove the shell.
- webwanderings 14y agoHasn't Microsoft already moved on to Power Shell? Irrespective, I agree, DOS is not dead.
- stuaxo 14y agoDOS != cmd.exe or running command.com in windows. DOS is the whole OS you boot in to.
- malkia 14y agoBut that's the command-line shell (it's a 32-bit Windows process), not 16-bit DOS with optional Extended/unreal mode. This is no longer supported since XP (one of the reasons to keep XP, or have it installed as Windows XP mode on Windows Vista, 7, etc.). There are plenty of good games for DOS that I still play - Heroes of Might And Magic, Star Control, Archon, Alley Cat, Digger, many others.
- justin66 14y ago> But that's the command-line shell (it's a 32-bit Windows process), not 16-bit DOS with optional Extended/unreal mode. This is no longer supported since XP (one of the reasons to keep XP, or have it installed as Windows XP mode on Windows Vista, 7, etc.). I'm not 100% sure, but 99%, that you'll find that it's still supported in the 32-bit versions of Vista and 7.