> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote: > > Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes. > > windows comes from dos, which was designed for personal desktops. > > Well technically Unix was designed for mid-sized computers... And wasn't DOS designed for the workstation? The adaptation of DOS for personal use I associate with Windows 3.1, while OS/2 was a (object-oriented) GUI for the workstation. I kind'a miss DOS. Haines Brown