To:	physmsa AT cantua DOT canterbury DOT ac DOT nz
Cc:	opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com, opendos AT delorie DOT com
References:	<199708282333 DOT LAA01942 AT cantua DOT canterbury DOT ac DOT nz>
Message-Id:	<AA-cY1qy58@mpak.convey.ru>
Organization:	International Brownian Movement
From:	"-= ArkanoiD =-" <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
Date:	Fri, 29 Aug 97 04:45:34 +0300
Subject:	Re: Linux fast support with OpenDOS extensions?
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MIME-Version:	1.0

nuqneH,

> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 11:33:55 +1200
> From: physmsa AT cantua DOT canterbury DOT ac DOT nz (Mr M S Aitchison)
> Subject: Linux fast support with OpenDOS extensions?
> To: opendos-developer AT caldera DOT com, opendos AT delorie DOT com

[dd]

> I've been looking at the linux code for accessing (v)fat dos
> partitions; until long filenames (and the extra time information that
> came at the same time), it was relatively easy to modify Linux to
> support permissions flags, groups ID's,m and user ID's (and, sort of,
> passwords) in a way that is compatible with OpenDOS (well, really
> Multiuser DRDOS).

Caldera seems to have no intention to release Multiuser DOS.
They do not even talk about it and they ignore any questions about
Concurrent DOS product family. :(
Too bad.

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