From: DavMac AT iname DOT com (Dav)
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Subject: Re: FreeDOS or OpenDOS question
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 01:36:00 GMT
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mapson AT mapson DOT com (mapson) wrote:

>>>>Does either FreeDOS or OpenDOS (from Caldera) supports multibooting? 
>>>>
>>>>I.e, could I install it on an extended logical partition a la OS/2 or
>>>>Linux?
>>
[snip]
>What is the difference between these two? I read the FAQs from both,
>but somehow didn't come away with a very salient notion of why they
>are developing separately. Particularly with Caldera's OpenDOS- is it
>a "for profit" item, or is it not? Offering an "evaluation copy"
>sounds like shareware to me! But "eventually offering the source" does
>not.

As far as I understand it, FreeDOS is free but you are supposed to pay for
OpenDOS if you want to use it for commercial purposes.

Dav.

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