Before MS-DOS, there were many different operating systems for computers. Most operating systems were basically a programming language that the user could type to navigate his computer. Because of that, it was a little difficult to learn how to use such an operating system. However, as a great benefit, one could make a program in that language as a text file and run it as an ordinary program, since everything one typed at the command prompt was actually the same as a line of a program. But a disorganized empire of varying computer languages was destined to be replaced by something better and easier. Enter the reign of Microsoft . . . Proceed:     <-- Introduction         --> MS-DOS Comes to Be