Message-Id: <199702022234.XAA10467@math.amu.edu.pl> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Mark Habersack" Organization: What? (Poznan, Poland) To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 20:39:40 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32? Reply-to: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl CC: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net References: <28908 DOT 9702020153 AT dufftown DOT dcs DOT st-andrews DOT ac DOT uk> In-reply-to: Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk Once upon a time (on 2 Feb 97 at 9:12) mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on. said: > > FAT32 compatability is not an issue, considering that anyone who uses > > OpenDOS will not be using Win95. So why not go for the technically > > superior solution? > > That is not necessarily true (that OpenDOS users wont be running '95), They'll be running XFree86 instead! > I think that OpenDOS should progress in a NEW direction, by adding > somehthing like ext2 support STANDARD. It may not work with old apps, > but that is ok. The old apps will sit on FAT drives. This will > change as more and more new programs come out. I like the IFS layer > the best actually, so that any filesystem can be supported. These > types of issues BELONG in the OS, not in user software. When I use > Linux, I can use minix/extfs/ext2/xenix/msdos/VFAT/HPFS/and about 20 > other filesystems and my programs don't know/care what FS I use. It > would be nice to see DOS start heading in this direction. I can only second that! > If OpenDOS *DOESN'T* head in this direction right now, then it will be > too late. Sometimes portability must be given up to progress towards > new technology. Look at '95 and NT. Even THEY cant run ALL DOS That's right. After all it's compatibility what kept M$-DOG in the dark ages for so long. > programs OR Win 3.1 programs. There had to be a little 'give' to > progress the OS's. When the sources are released, the hacker > community will make DOS into what is most wanted by the masses. I True. And the only problem we should (or shouldn't?) worry about is the DOS distribution size - compatibility costs. And we don't want to follow M$ path with tons of fat software which can be written in a way that it will take only half of the volume. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wipe the tears from your eyes, wipe the sweat from your thighs Don't cry to me with sentiment, my laughter drowns your cries You're a memory trapped on polaroid, a puppet drawn on celluloid So drink the wine, confess your sin, just floatsam in a silent mind! ---- Visit http://ananke.amu.edu.pl/~grendel