Re: Apple and the Holy War

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <391F7EA6.811F34F2@inetnebr.com>,
Roy and/or Janet Miller  <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:
 
> But, as you say, by then you had moved on to CP/M (and maybe by then MS-DOS, a
> CP/M clone)
 
No -- I never really used MS-DOS ver 1.  I just tried it once or twice but didn't
think it offered much advantage compared  to CP/M.  My move to MS-DOS occurred in
1986, to MS-DOS ver 2, which was more than just a CP/M clone: it had subdirectories
and installable device drivers, both of which CP/M lacked.
 
However, the real advantage of CP/M, and later MS-DOS, wasn't really the OS'es
themselves, but the amount of software available: there was simply SO MUCH to
choose among that whatever you wanted, you probably would find it.  OK, if you
were a game freak, the Apple II certainly had more to offer.  But if you wanted
more serious stuff, there was much more to choose among in CP/M.
 
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