This post is a collection of quotes about MS-DOS (initially released in 1981). There are 4 quotes listed below. License: CC BY-SA 3.0
1. "MS-DOS was the main operating system for IBM PC compatibles during the 1980s, from which point it was gradually superseded by operating systems offering a graphical user interface (GUI)..." (Wikipedia: MS-DOS, 1.17.23 UTC 15:49)
2. "MS-DOS was a renamed form of 86-DOS - owned by Seattle Computer Products, written by Tim Paterson." (Wikipedia: MS-DOS, 1.17.23 UTC 15:49)
3. "[MS-DOS] was designed to be an OS that could run on any 8086-family computer. Each computer would have its own distinct hardware and its own version of MS-DOX, similar to the situation that existed for CP/M, and with MS-DOS emulating the same solution as CP/M to adapt for different hardware platforms." (Wikipedia: MS-DOS, 1.17.23 UTC 15:49)
4. "All versions of Microsoft Windows have had an MS-DOS or MS-DOS-like command-line interface called MS-DOS Prompt which redirected input to MS-DOS and output from MS-DOS to the MS-DOS Prompt, or, in later versions, Command Prompt." (Wikipedia: MS-DOS, 1.17.23 UTC 15:49)
