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difference between ms-dos and unix

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Name: cryme
Date: July 28, 2001 at 12:05:46 Pacific
Subject: difference between ms-dos and unix

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pls tell me the differences and similarities between dos and unix(particular in their capabilities and the command task is performed)

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Response Number 1

Name: Android
Date: July 28, 2001 at 15:18:43 Pacific

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Similarities:
1)Use a command line
Diferences:
1)Unix is case sensitive, dos is not
2)Unix has multitasking, ms-dos doesn't (some versions of DOS like DR.DOS have multitasking I think)
3)In Unix you use the / but in DOS u use the \
4)Unix is a bit more complicated that MS-DOS
5)Unix is more stable than MS-DOS (I think)
Unix is more for servers than for personal computers (thats what everyone keeps saying), MS-DOS is more for the home user. In my personal opinion UNIX lets you have more control over the stuff you do. But they kinda have same basic commands
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UNIX DOS
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cp copy
mv move
ls dir
cd/ cd\

Thats all I can think of...

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Response Number 2

Name: nithya
Date: August 25, 2001 at 05:01:56 Pacific

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pls tell me about the improvements can be
done in DOS to make that OS to get the
fascilities as UNIX. I have taken that
project for my degree. pls help

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Response Number 3

Name: tshepi
Date: September 26, 2001 at 02:08:12 Pacific

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pls tell me how dos, windows 2000 and unix works and where are they best suited

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Response Number 4

Name: ian mulholland
Date: January 11, 2002 at 02:16:40 Pacific

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precautions necessary should programs be moved between windows98 and UNIX

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