From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: unusual?
Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 1997 08:59:51 -0400
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> Joe Havelick (joe DOT h AT snet DOT net) wrote:
> : Does anyone know why the Djgpp group is under the os.msdos group, I
> : thought that os stood for operating system.

M. Schulter wrote: 

> Basically I would say -- just for myself -- that DJGPP comes close to
> being an OS in its own rights, and more specifically an implementation 
> of GNU tools in MS-DOS that I'm tempted to call DJGIX -- DJ's GNU *IX,
> maybe).

djgpp is a programming platform for msdos
msdos is an os

hence, comp.os.msdos.djgpp.

one could argue that it should have been
comp.os.msdos.programmer.tools.djgpp similar to
comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc etc but considering that the
number of groups under comp.os.msdos is really small compared to
comp.os.ms-windows, i do not think such a hierarchy would have been very
useful. besides, as margo also pointed out, djgpp is far more than a
specialized tool.
-- 
   Sinan
 
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