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[Eagle of Fire]

If it was true, yes...

It does sound pretty much right, but there is a few disparancies which I just can't agree with. Then, the writter goes into such details that I can't continue to follow.

The big part I have no choice to agree with is that Win95 and Win98 didn't have DOS. They had a dumbed down version of DOS. Even the so called "dos mode" wasn't the "real" DOS. This led to many problems when trying to run DOS programs, and that's probably what he's talking about in great depth.

The whole idea was, of course, to continue to get new Windows versions out until DOS wasn't a factor anymore. That's what they did with XP, and luckily they did it well for once. Unfortunatly, as everybody knows... With next to no compatibility whatsoever with old programs...

That's why VDMSound and DOSBox projects were started in the first place!