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Old 07-14-2022, 11:46 AM   #27
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It mostly doesn't matter, except [...]
And now we're getting into continental drift!

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The console on all real operating systems is sometimes needed. People need to know what it is and not think of it as a "bundled" or legacy C:\ prompt or DOS or MS Command. [...]
In all seriousness, just how many people - who are ignorant of the difference - do you expect to come across a genuine DOS interface these days? I will admit there are still a few 32bit Windows systems that might accidentally run into a VDM, but these are getting rarer too - they're more likely to be getting confused by hitting a PS console.

In my experience most of the people who need to know the difference do, and most others are so scared of a CLI it's never going to matter either way.
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