Re: XY Under Vista

[Carl Distefano cld@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to note from "Patricia M. Godfrey"  Mon,
26 Feb 2007 15:47:00 -0500

Patricia:

> > has the VDM changed since NT4? It looks and feels the same
> > to me.
>
> Then why do we have this jerky keystroke syndrome on XP (and I
> have it, though to a lesser extent, on W2K)?

I've always seen that as more of a video/graphics issue unique to
windowed mode, rather than a VDM issue per se: if you toggle full-
screen, the jerky keystroke goes away. The underlying ability to
run DOS commands and DOS programs, including XyWrite, hasn't
changed.

My point was that, as long as the VDM is still there at all, it
doesn't surprise me to hear that Xy runs. I don't see evidence of a
sinister conspiracy within MS to undermine the VDM by subtly
disabling functions here and there with each new release, no death
by a thousand cuts. Nor does it seem likely that the VDM will be
pulled anytime soon. Even if dumbed-down ordinary users ignore the
command line, the developers who write OpSyses no doubt still depend
on it for their work; why would they deprive themselves? And if it
is ever jettisoned, there will almost certainly be third-party VDMs
to replace it. I'm not losing any sleep over this.

Speaking of third-party VDMs, it'll be interesting to see how MS's
tussle with VMware plays out. The VMware people seem like tough
cookies, unlikely to go down without a fight.

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Carl Distefano
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