Date:	Fri, 18 Feb 2000 19:01:00 +0600 (LKT)
From:	Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT crosswinds DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Win 2000 & Djgpp
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, salvador wrote:

> Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel wrote:
> 
> That's of topic but ....
> 

> > BTW It
> > isn't possible to run VESA based dos games windowed.
> 
> Correction: No windows driver bothers to implement it. But is posible.

Yes I too have to still see a driver which has this feature. Isn't it
strange that AFAIK no video card company has written a driver with this
capability.

Is it because there are problems for the hardware driver to acess VESA due
to a windoze related "feature" or is it that the video card companies are
just not interested in adding this functionality?

> Somebody in this thread said NT runs in any hardware and Linux don't, well, in my
> experience hardware drivers for Linux are usually much more stable, so you don't
> have this silly hardware dependence found in Windows.

What makes matters worse IMHO is that certain hardware has a software
dependency. For example there are certain modems (winmodems), printers
which need windoze to run.

> > Not anymore, see how many users are using Linux. Some PC companies
> > actually sell PC's with Linux as the only OS preinstalled.
> 
> I like Linux, but please be objetive, 12 millon of Linux users (most of them are
> dual boot users) is a minority.

I agree but please note that the number is increasing quite rapidly. And
IMHO Linux is seriously challenging M$'s OS dominance.

> 
> Please don't take me wrong (see the headers of this mail and look what OS I'm

No problem, It's great to listen to peoples views :-)

> using right now, also see what programs I contributed to djgpp). But I don't want
> to see these threads where people becomes fanatic and lose the focus.

I don't know whether this referred to me but just in case.. I am not
frantic and I haven't lost my focus either. I was merely stating facts
which I think are true enough. And I welcome criticism of my views by
anyone as you learn something new every day.


Thanks,
Grendel


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