From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
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   Scott Lurndal  wrote:   
   >"Paul Edwards"  writes:   
   >>"Salvador Mirzo"  wrote in message   
   >>news:874j00yfpr.fsf@example.com...   
   >>Note that MSDOS was used for a very long time in business   
   >   
   >Not really.  Most business software ran on mainframes   
   >and minicomputers in the MSDOS era.  And once NT arrived, DOS was done.   
   >   
   >There was very little _real_ business software written for   
   >MSDOS.   
   >   
   >Spreadsheets and word processing are a very small portion of   
   >business computing.  Material planning, resource planning,   
   >human resources, enterprise payroll applications, etc   
   >were not really available for MSDOS at any scale.   
      
   Hear, hear.   
      
   >>and I never heard anyone call it a toy at the time.   
   >   
   >Then you weren't listening.   
      
   He's still not.   
      
   	- Dan C.   
      
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