Is MS-DOS batch programming going to die along with W2K?
Nice Freudian slip here 😉 I don’t agree with Prof. Salmi here. DOS has a very large user base, and existing batches will be used for quite some time to come. But With the advent of W2K aka NT5 new work will tend to be done under NT’s CMD.EXE, which is reasonably compatible with COMMAND.COM. Migrating heritage DOS batches to NT isn’t too difficult. So my prediction is: active DOS batching will decline faster than usually expected (my bet is ~2 years), NT batching will correspondingly prosper. It might be prudent to have a look at 4NT, the 4DOS answer to CMD.EXE, and mostly compatible with 4DOS, too.
