@videodrome@lemmy.capebreton.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoThe oldest-known version of MS-DOS’s predecessor has been discovered and uploadedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1200cross-posted to: computerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.social
arrow-up1200external-linkThe oldest-known version of MS-DOS’s predecessor has been discovered and uploadedarstechnica.com@videodrome@lemmy.capebreton.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: computerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.social
minus-squareoriginaluciferlinkfedilink11•1 year agoha, i felt that too. ive been wrong for how many decades??
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️linkfedilinkEnglish28•1 year agoI believe Microsoft tactfully and retroactively changed it to “disk” once it went commercial with IBM. It also helped that at the time there were several “disk operating systems” for various platforms, which is why the MS- part on MS-DOS was important.
minus-square@BeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoThat really explains a lot, and why MS jumped to Windows NT, they knew that DOS would always be Dirty.
Wait, DOS stands for Dirty Operating System?
Daddy’s Little Slut Operating System.
ha, i felt that too. ive been wrong for how many decades??
I believe Microsoft tactfully and retroactively changed it to “disk” once it went commercial with IBM.
It also helped that at the time there were several “disk operating systems” for various platforms, which is why the MS- part on MS-DOS was important.
That really explains a lot, and why MS jumped to Windows NT, they knew that DOS would always be Dirty.
Dos being a scp also makes sense