China DOS Union

Today I went over to DOS Home for a look around. Among our China DOS sites, our two forums should be the most influential. I also made a comparison in passing, and the conclusion of the survey is:

YEAH!! I can happily tell everyone that we can deservedly be called the biggest DOS site in China, and can truly be called the China DOS Union.
Back in November last year I was still worried sick about our forum's popularity; this was the appeal post from that time:
http://www2.zzu.edu.cn/ie/newdos/dispbbs.asp?boardID=8&ID=292

At that time our popularity was far behind DOS Home, but when I went there again today, I found that everything had completely reversed. Here are the stats for the two sites counted at 0:30 early this morning:

DOS Home:
The forum has 9985 registered members in total, total topics: 3075, total posts: 15411
Posts made today on the forum: 1, posts yesterday: 75, highest daily posts: 211
There are currently 17 people online on the forum, including 5 registered members and 12 guests

China DOS Union:
The forum has 2519 registered members in total, total topics: 2877, total posts: 17867
Posts made today on the forum: 5, posts yesterday: 246, highest daily posts: 688
There are currently 26 people online on the forum, including 8 registered members and 18 guests

Because it was early morning, yesterday's posts should be used as the standard. From the above data we can see: our daily posting volume is almost higher than their daily posting record. By early morning we still had 26 people online, and the number of posts was still growing. Although DOS Home also had 17 people online, who knows what those 17 people were doing? For a full half hour, its "posts today" was still 1. Could it be that they were all just reading, with no questions at all?
As for registered members, they do have more than us, but that has to do with our registration requirements being different in the early period. Back then we did not require registration in order to post. From that angle, who knows how many of DOS Home's 9985 still ever go back and take a look, while our 2519 should mostly be die-hard members.
So:
Ahem!
Shouldn't everyone celebrate the achievements earned through the efforts of all our moderators and members?
I think the reason we have been able to achieve so much in the past half year or more should be the following points (again with the points, and it's already 1 a.m.):
1. The persistence of each moderator. It hasn't been easy, guys, especially WENGIER's perseverance. Among all the moderators, more or less everyone had one thing or another and couldn't sit in the forum every day, but WENGIER alone kept fighting every day. Luckily more members joined in, and the outstanding ones became our new moderators. They are just as full of enthusiasm for new DOS. This is the fundamental reason for the excellent achievements we have today.
2. Technical innovation. Everyone has grasped new DOS very well, and this is also the main reason we surpassed DOS Home. No matter how much DOS Home fiddles around, it's still just some old stuff, while almost every one of our moderators has a work of his own. This shows that technically we are stronger than them, and newer than them. Only new things can stir up everyone's enthusiasm; only new things can arouse everyone's interest. I believe everyone will feel gratified by having achievements of their own. This is the spiritual driving force behind liking new DOS.
3. The power of the group. It should be said that everyone's strength is the greatest of all. Even if each person contributes just a little, or introduces one new thing, when gathered together it becomes no small achievement. It is precisely because every moderator and member selflessly contributes the things they know that everyone, and the technology itself, can progress.
Of course there are also many places where we haven't done well enough, so I won't say more here. Otherwise...
Who's throwing eggs?

How about throwing a flower instead?

If you throw a flower, can it still be called a flower?

Oh, when people throw rotten eggs you have no objection.... But when I give flowers, you insist they have to be handed over in person...

The standards used by the DOS Home Forum and the China DOS Union Forum for counting online users are not the same. At present, the online user count shown by DOS Home Forum is for visitors within 60 minutes; while this forum, like the Dandiao Forum, counts visitors within 40 minutes. So from this point of view, directly comparing the online user counts is unfair; it's equivalent to a 3:2 relationship.

DOS Home has been at it for years, and after all that time it's still just those same old DOS things, with no real changes. The China DOS Union is naturally different, because there is simply too much content in new DOS, all-encompassing and without end.

The power of the group is undoubtedly great, so I hope everyone will work hard together!

Let us keep up the good work, and together make the "China DOS Union" a DOS website famous both in China and abroad!

That's right, the China DOS Union must become the biggest DOS site

Now the "China DOS Union" has already become the biggest DOS site in the country (because basically it can be said there are no other Chinese DOS websites), and it also counts as one of the top ones in the world. But we still need to keep working hard..

Hehe, if we made an English version too, then we'd be number one in the world~~ (Is my appetite too big? Hehe!! )

The following is quoted from Dark-Destroy on 2003-5-28 18:20:22:
Hehe, if we made an English version too, then we'd be number one in the world~~ (Is my appetite too big? Hehe!!)

DD, you and I are thinking alike. We should also expand the union abroad, that is, build some related English-version websites. Note: the server would best be located abroad, because most visitors would be foreigners, considering speed and bandwidth issues.

We are still far behind foreign DOS sites, whether in technology or in influence. To want to become number one in the world, hehe...
It's a bit arrogant. After all, our current technology is still mostly borrowed; we don't have original things of our own.

The following is quoted from yiyesong on 2003-5-29 18:59:35:
We are still far behind foreign DOS sites, whether in technology or in influence. To want to become number one in the world, hehe...
It's a bit arrogant. After all, our current technology is still mostly borrowed; we don't have original things of our own.

That may not necessarily be so. In terms of the scale of the "New DOS Era" website, it is definitely one of the biggest DOS websites in the world. The scale of this forum is also relatively large worldwide, although its global influence is still not very great.

We also have quite a few original things. Mainly, by combining Chinese and foreign DOS technology, we have developed new DOS technology of our own creation. For example, streamlining the IO.SYS file—this is our own original work. Simultaneously supporting Chinese and English long filenames, NTFS, USB, LOGO, etc. on a single boot floppy is also our original work.

wengier's streamlined IO.SYS and FINDCD are pretty good, and have contributed to Chinese DOS. Your boot disk is also very creative, but aside from that, we still don't have much truly impressive stuff to show. As for the boot disks everyone has made, they are only combinations of advanced foreign tools, without much novelty. And we still do not have DOS software developed by ourselves, not even an interface program under DOS. Even in all of China (including the past) there has not been much DOS software.
So for now we shouldn't compare ourselves with foreign countries; there's no way to compare, we're still far behind. Everyone needs to keep a clear head.
The first step has been achieved, namely, the primitive accumulation is there. But at present all we can say is that more Chinese people are paying attention to DOS and getting to know it.
But that is only the first step, and there is still a long road to go even for this step.

Mm. wengier, have a listen

I'm really happy to see this thread. I think there is still some way to go before truly becoming the world's number one DOS forum, but I believe it will happen. As a member of the forum, I feel proud of it!