Word: dos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, publisher of PC Magazine -- fave of DOS dweebs -- was bought for $1.4 billion by Forstmann Little & Co, a New York investment firm run by high profile banker Ted Forstmann. Included in the deal is the giant publishing arm of Ziff Communications, which includes other magazines like MacWeek and Family PC, as well as Ziffnet, an on-line service. It's a move by Forstmann, a shrewd dealmaker, to keep pace with rival Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, which controls New York magazine and other media properties, says TIME associate editor Thomas McCarroll. "They have had this rivalry...
...used to be so simple: butter is bad. Margarine is better. Vegetable oils are best. And too much fat of any sort is not good for you. But these easy guidelines have given way to a bewildering -- and at times contradictory -- smorgasbord of dietary dos and don'ts. Salads drizzled with olive oil are O.K. Confections rich in coconut oil aren't. Fish oil gets two thumbs up. Margarine receives rancid reviews. "I swear to God, it's confusing," declares Peter Summers, a retired health-care specialist who lives in San Francisco. "First I went to margarine. But then...
...area in which NT shines compared to its MS-DOS-based cousin is in multi-tasking, or the ability to run more than one program at a time...
...only powerful operating system for Intel-based PCs on the market these days. IBM's OS/2 2.1, probably NT's most serious competitor, features robust performance, excellent multi-tasking capabilities and flawless execution of MS-DOS programs. But its installation is a pain--you have to deal with 25 disks!--and it lacks a great many device drivers to support a wide class of peripherals...
...wide acceptance of NT may be hindered by its high demands on the hardware and the $499 price tag. For most PC users, MS-DOS is still the best environment available...