I must disagree ... what DOS offers you is the an environment where  
you can build simple applications that are bullet proof in  their  
simplicity. You don't have to have all that extra baggage just to get  
it to run. I have written  applications that do their thing that run  
under DOS without a glitch for weeks on end that never make a DOS call  
beyond the initial load. They own the machine from startup to  
whenever. Granted if your code screws up you are screwed, but the  
chances of screwing up on some OS subtlety are minimal. I still keep a  
copy of MSC 5.1 and a DOS 6.22 on a bootable CDROM in case I have the  
need.


On Nov 30, 2007, at 7:03 AM, Ariel Rocholl wrote:

> What is the other problem? Reliability of the whole OS is determined  
> by the
> reliability of the application you run. In other words, a simple  
> glitch and
> the whole OS gets broken. So you need to develop really robust apps  
> to have
> a stable DOS environment.

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