From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 20:00:43 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 2786516A50F; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:00:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from zaphod.nitro.dk (port324.ds1-khk.adsl.cybercity.dk [212.242.113.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93C6E43D4C; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:00:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from simon@zaphod.nitro.dk) Received: by zaphod.nitro.dk (Postfix, from userid 3000) id 5374811AB1; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:00:40 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:00:40 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" To: "Bruce A. Mah" Message-ID: <20040824200040.GI760@zaphod.nitro.dk> References: <20040824193308.92BAE5D04@ptavv.es.net> <1093376861.725.76.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1093376861.725.76.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: doc-committers@freebsd.org cc: cvs-doc@freebsd.org cc: Giorgos Keramidas cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org cc: Kevin Oberman 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 20:00:43 -0000 --4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004.08.24 12:47:41 -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 12:33, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > DOS simply is a disk based OS. (As opposed to earlier paper tape and > > magnetic tape based systems. > > Right...I was just trying to make the point (perhaps poorly) that "DOS" > doesn't necessarily refer to anything MS-DOS related. Well, while technically true, I doubt that would be confused about this... "New" users [1] will probably never have heard of any DOS other than MS-DOS (and "clones"). People who have heard of other operating systems named DOS will probably be wise enough to derive =66rom the context that we are refering to MS-DOS (and "clones")... :-). > Seen 'em, touched 'em, but never used 'em. I have, however, spent a > little time on IBM Model 029 card punches. Leftover cards (er, well, I > guess they're almost *all* leftover nowadays) make great bookmarks. :-) Hehe. [1] That would also include me :-). --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBK55nh9pcDSc1mlERAkExAJ4tIXWDFZcgOUmuQ4jM2dHYSWi3OgCfbxOi Xjd932IAKt6A25A4oz1cxss= =quXD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4LwthZj+AV2mq5CX--