From:	"Matthias Paul" <PAUL-MA AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Organization:	Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Wed, 24 May 2000 15:37:05 +0100
Subject:	Re: OpenDos restrictions (was: Re: change in mailing lists)
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On 2000-05-23 "Willy J. Hoogstraten" wrote:

> I wish I could. In august 1999, I tried to register DR-DOS 7.03 for
> personal use. It was not possible anymore :-(

Interesting. Doesn't Caldera *Systems* Inc. (now back on 
http://www.caldera.com) still offer it in their electronic 
shop any more? Last time I visited them a few weeks ago, they 
still had DR-DOS 7.03 there. 

At least in Germany you can still order it via Linuxland (probably 
http://www.linuxland.de) for 70,- DEM. Well, they only seem to sell 
the CD issue there, not the System Builder Kit with all the printed 
books, kernel sources, and tools for embedding...

Well, I don't know if registering NOW will make a difference any 
more... The EDC operation where DR-DOS was actually developed at 
Caldera UK Ltd., Andover, was closed in 02/1999 immediately after 
the DR-DOS 7.03 and the DR-WebSpyder 2.1 release. It seems we just 
have to pray and wait until Caldera Inc. and Lineo Inc. (the former 
Caldera Thin Clients Inc.) will hopefully open the DR-DOS sources 
for the benefit of all (IMHO including themselfs). Maybe it would be 
better to save the money until that fine day - to support those who 
will then continue DR-DOS development and probably have limited 
resources.

 Matthias

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