[Papyrus-L] An observation and a question about Papyrus

[Anthony Tolvo]

Chris, 

What are you missing? I'm sorry to say you are missing the boat. I love DOS; I dislike Windows. But we are captives in a Microsoft revolution. DOS may be the root of all Windows programming, but it will become a smaller and smaller part as the years go by. You will be left with rudimentary autoexec.bat and config.sys files. How I long for the days of efficient well constructed DOS programs: lean and trim engines that occupied negligible disk space and RAM. Those days are gone; Papyrus for DOS is a dinosaur, destined for extinction. 

Tony

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Christopher K. Starr 
  To: papyrus-l at rsd.com 
  Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 5:44 PM
  Subject: [Papyrus-L] An observation and a question about Papyrus


  Rick Lentz's suggestion about member support for further development basically amounts to suggesting that RSD should go public, if there is to be substantial support.  That's a big step and probably distasteful to Dave and his crew.



  I seem to be the only one who doesn't understand why abandoning the move toward a Windows version is such a calamity.  It is evidently such an elementary thing that everyone else takes it for granted, but someone please explain to me why we would want a Windows version?  What am I missing with the present DOS version?  This is not a joke.  Please explain.

  Christopher K. Starr 
  Dep't of Life Sciences 
  University of the West Indies 
  St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago 


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