Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 09:39:14 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Ambitious suggestion for a DJGPP add-on
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On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Chris Jones wrote:

> The reason it's a Windows app is this:
> * It can download files (a DOS version wouldn't be able to).

Why not?  There are free TCP/IP packages for DOS available on the
net.

> * People who need the program are likely to be used to using Windows - Unix
> or DOS users can probably install it themselves anyway.

I don't think this assumption holds.  I think an installer for DJGPP
should support all DJGPP platforms.