From: anton.txt@gmail.moc   
      
   MikeS:   
      
   > Probably because writing simple batch programs is easy and   
   > still useful in Windows but the elaborate "clever" stuff   
   > we used to love is now pointless. Windows provides easier   
   > and better alternatives. Attempting to use real MSDOS as   
   > an everyday OS is only for the serious masochist.   
      
   The clever stuff is entertaining.  I have a .bat-based   
   infracturcture at work for backing up SVN repositories and   
   perform general error reporting when anything fails.  I use   
   Blat to send e-mail from .bat-files.  The new Powershell   
   stuff is simply not as beautiful.   
      
   I know people who maintain their BBSes on MS-DOS.  /Dune/   
   scenarist writes scripts in MS-DOS program /Movie Master/.   
   MS-DOS and FreeDos are fun for retroprogramming.   
      
   How do I play ZX Spectrum games?  I run them from the DOS   
   version of the RealSpec emulator inside DOSBox -- to take   
   advantage of the pixel-perfect scaling mode (which I   
   implemented).   
      
   --   
   ()  ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail   
   /\  www.asciiribbon.org   -- against proprietary attachments   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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