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From: | Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: DOS 'em out! |
Organization: | Pin Eight Software http://pineight.8m.com/ |
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Date: | Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:05:26 GMT |
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:53:28 +0200, "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote: >> From: "Stefan Viljoen" <rylan AT intekom DOT co DOT za> >> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp >> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:40:11 +0200 >> >> what do you guys see as the future for DJGPP? I am trying to branch into >> Linux coding as it seems the guys with the shovels are on the way for DOS? > >DOS has been buried many times, by many ``knowledgeable'' people, >since about 12 years ago. It is still alive. You can draw your own >conclusions from this. > >DJGPP supports all current MS platforms ...that Microsoft is committed to making compliant with standards for DOS programs. WinDPMI has always leaked selectors, and WinDPMI 2000 has bugs that prevent Make.exe from working properly at all. This is only the beginning. Search the DJGPP mail archives for threads about "Is DOS dead?" and "has officially killed DOS" or something like that. Anyway, though MS-DOS may die, DOS will survive: http://www.drdos.org/ http://www.freedos.org/ -- Damian Yerrick "I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason." See the whole sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html This is McAfee VirusScan. Add these two lines to your signature to prevent the spread of signature viruses. http://www.mcafee.com/
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