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Yeah, I didn’t mean it in terms of of source code and implementation, and certainly a lot of features were added since DOS, but since both OS/2 and Windows (NT) were intended to be successors of DOS, their shell took over the syntax and conventions of the DOS shell.



...but also some of Bill Joy's influence as well.

It is compatible with, but distinct from what preceded it.




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