Word: dos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...novels, I started John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy and got through the first book (The 42nd Parallel) and half the second book (Nineteen Nineteen) before letting my attention wander. The books are heavily influenced by history and are not quick reads. I'll return to them later in the summer, when my mind will be better prepared to soak them...
...majors might find the battle a little silly--both companies are spending millions of dollars developing products they largely give away. But it shows the importance of dominating an industry: almost every IBM-compatible computer comes with DOS and Windows, and many have application programs, like Word and Excel...
...source of their infection was the Harvard network itself. HUSC1--the Novell server, which provides the familiar "blue screen menu" to Windows and DOS users--was infected with a virus known as little_red.a...
...DOS users can access the FPROT program via the Harvard network; it appears as an option on the main menu and is free of charge to Harvard users. One of the few anti-virus programs available for Windows 95 is McAfee's VirusScan. It installs easily, automatically scans and disinfects diskettes and files, and can be controlled from the taskbar tray...
Certainly that efficiency brings benefits. Some economists say if more of the benefits were quantified--if we could say how much more bang-per-buck you would get from Windows 95 than from dos 3.0, or from a new CD player than from an old, no-frills model--the official inflation rate would be lower and median wages would then look less stagnant, if far from vibrant. Another benefit of lean, efficient capitalism is jobs; the American unemployment rate is stunningly low by European standards--half the French and Italian rates...