From: rivie AT intergate DOT daautah DOT com (Roger Ivie (a known boogerhead))
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: OpenDOS... IS?
Date: 21 Jan 1997 18:05:56 GMT
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In article <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 93 DOT 970120123359 DOT 29376N-100000 AT web DOT wa DOT net>, Gene Buckle wrote:
>> 
>> Put simply, OpenDOS is a new (maybe better) version of MessyDOS, with one
>> really important difference: According to the rumor-mill,
>> you will be able to AQUIRE THE SOURCE CODE!
>
>Bill, it's NOT a rumor.  Source code _WILL_ be made available.  No ifs,
>ands or buts about it.  It will just take time to move the sources to a
>"distributable" build environment.

I doubt many besides myself care, but Caldera has also said they will
release sources to all the other operating systems they bought as part
of the DR deal. This includes at least CP/M, but may also include MP/M
and CP/NET...

Roger "drool, drool, drool, drool" Ivie
ivie AT cc DOT usu DOT edu