Very true, the blanket statement is not literally correct. In Windows 95, and Windows 98 it is possible, desirable and even necessary to load real mode drivers at times, or specify commands or environment variables as workarounds for some erronious behaviour of hardware or software. However, for the majority the statement that was made does hold water and certainly does within the context of this thread. Also note, that where WinME is specified as applicable in those articles you quoted, it's excluded for instructions pertaining to autoexec.bat and config.sys.

It was certainly nothing that should have provoked a confrontational response here.