From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 19:05:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F4A516A4D0; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:05:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from a.mail.sonic.net (a.mail.sonic.net [64.142.16.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C31443D3F; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:05:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bmah@freebsd.org) Received: from [192.168.0.85] (dns.packetdesign.com [65.192.41.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by a.mail.sonic.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7OJ59lb019487 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:05:10 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" To: "Simon L. Nielsen" In-Reply-To: <20040824184131.GC760@zaphod.nitro.dk> References: <200408241800.i7OI0p8J029409@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040824182046.GA1877@gothmog.gr> <20040824184131.GC760@zaphod.nitro.dk> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-/X/f2KeLUF0cVqZhgu7r" Message-Id: <1093374233.725.63.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:03:54 -0700 cc: doc-committers@freebsd.org cc: Giorgos Keramidas cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org cc: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive article.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the doc and www trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:05:10 -0000 --=-/X/f2KeLUF0cVqZhgu7r Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 11:41, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > As I see it, DOS means all variants (including MS-DOS, DR-DOS, IBM-DOS > and so on) where MS-DOS refers specifically to MS-DOS. In the context > of FreeBSD documentation I think in most cases when referring to > MS-DOS, it would apply to other DOS variants as well. Although this is almost totally irrelevent in this context, DOS can refer to operating systems other than MS-DOS workalikes...the first example that comes to my mind is the Disk Operating System that ran on Apple IIs long before Microsoft cared about PCs. [1] Bruce. [1] It's not *totally* irrelevant in that if someone were to write some Handbook text about running Apple II emulators such as kegs under FreeBSD, they'd probably be talking about DOS in a non-PC context. [2] [2] I'm feeling silly...must be time for lunch. --=-/X/f2KeLUF0cVqZhgu7r Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBK5EZ2MoxcVugUsMRAtmtAJ9GhoZxMPwyzgeewBu5RKHHOBHbbwCgnrFf LrTfk7IfG8/8RQdrKFLvFaU= =HqDM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-/X/f2KeLUF0cVqZhgu7r--