From:	alainm AT carnaval DOT risq DOT qc DOT ca (Alain Magloire)
Subject:	FreeDOS (was: Re: DJGPP: the future is... ?)
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Date:	Thu, 08 Apr 1999 20:35:50 GMT
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<Rant>
I don't know DOS enough to be bias.
Some people may find DOS to be poor/good design  that doesn't
matter to regular users, if the OS provides you with a POSIX
interface.  Many Un*x users/programmers don't really care what
goes on under the hood, they port there code to Linux/Solaris/HPUX etc..
As long it is POSIX/ANSI C compliant they know it should be more or less ok.

It suprises me that people of thinking of FreeDOS as a good future
engine for DJGPP.  FreeDos is a 16 bits OS, with no facility
for thread/SMP/multitask. At a time where the world is now
turning to 64 bits and Multiple Processors, the words
``future'' and ``FreeDOS'' should not go in the same phrase.
No I'm not bashing DOS, nor FreeDOS, it can be a very good platform for
a single user/multitask/desktop, if they take care of some pittfalls. 
</Rant>


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au revoir, alain
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