From: les AT Mars DOT mcs DOT net (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: An updated DOS - Please discuss
Date: 14 Sep 1999 02:02:09 -0500
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In article <37DC0C7A DOT 56537E8C AT btinternet DOT com>,
Thomas Harte  <T DOT Harte AT btinternet DOT com> wrote:

>	To me it seems the goal is to create an efficient operating system with the
>feel of DOS rather than a multi-programming DOS compatible. But, in that case,
>would it not be quite a bit easier and still achieve the same targets if a DOS
>shell for UNIX was created? Not only would you be able to port it around quite
>easily in terms of target hardware, but you would appease UNIX distributors
>who are looking for a way to make things such as Linux look easier to the
>DOS/windows user and so probably gain a lot of support.

There was something like that done for Xenix about 15 years ago.  As far
as I could tell everyone who actually tried it hated it.

  Les Mikesell
   les AT mcs DOT com