Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 07:28:13 -0500 (EST) From: root Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" To: frenchc cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: OpenDOS... IS? In-Reply-To: <5buroc$308i@elmo.cadvision.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On 20 Jan 1997, frenchc wrote: > Hate to sound like i'm stuck in the 80's, but I am. Well, if you're stuck in the 80's then you're probably using DOS 3.3. :o) Consider OpenDOS a HUGE upgrade. > So, what is it and why are we all so happy? Someone else will answer this better than I'd like to. But I will say this: http://www.caldera.com > I thought Win95 was the latest incarnation of Vishnu or whatever (not). Win95 is for some, and not for others. Not every user needs a 16meg Pentium Pro 200 with PCI video to do their work. > Why get all excited over another DOS? (ps don't bite my head off please :) I use DOS to FAR more productivity than I ever could do in Windows. Since windows crashes so often, I can't feel safe running more than one program at a time, thus defeating the purpose of multitasking. Therefore instead of using Windows, I used DESQview. Then, I wanted more. Microsoft abandoned DOS for '95 however so that didn't leave me many choices. Then I discovered Linux and it changed the entire meaning of a Multitasking operating system for me. It also changed the meaning of Operating System. However, I still need DOS for certain things. DOS is still a very capable OS in my opinion. Keep in mind that this is coming from a Linux advocate too. Perhaps you'll decide to upgrade from 3.3 to OpenDOS. You might have to upgrade from an 8088 to a 386 too though. If you want to gain any of the multitasking features and other stuff that OpenDOS will offer. :o) Check out the OpenDOS mailing list for more info. opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Mike A. Harris http://www3.sympatico.ca/mharris My dynamic address: http://www3.sympatico.ca/mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT sympatico DOT ca mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca The Art Bell homepage: http://www.artbell.com