From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 07:37:38 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca cc: OPENDOS AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] OS advancements and old technology: My viewpoint. In-Reply-To: <19970206080339.MS14624@hagbard.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Dave Pearson wrote: > Roger Ivie writes: > > > Now, I am not saying that we should all be running CP/M or that CP/M > > is the end-all be-all of operating systems. However, CP/M-land shows > > us the diversity that is possible by placing hardware independence > > where it belongs. I WOULD USE A MORE MODERN EXAMPLE, BUT THERE ISN'T > > ONE. > > Are you totally sure about that? No other operating systems runs on > differing hardware? Yes, in my reply I stated Linux as an example. I neglected to mention OS/2 and WinNT. There are many more to choose from however. > > But there's no good reason for TC1.5's command line compiler to be > > tied to the PC architecture. Similarly, there's no good reason for > > DIR to do direct screen writes. Do you expect ls to do direct screen > > writes under Linux? Why not? It's also a PC operating system. > > You are totally missing the point here. When Ian suggest getting > COMMAND.COM to use direct screen writes, he ment it as an option, not > as a move, period. Where is the harm in that? The harm is that he's jealous deep down inside that his embedded systems and VIC-20's won't be able to use that new feature, so because he can't use it he doesn't think that anyone should. > > Again, my primary concern is not old machines, but embedded ones. If > > I'm building a special-purpose widget, I shouldn't need to make it > > 100% PC compatible just because the widget happens to need an > > operating system. > > Why should you need to? All of what has been spoken about here works > on the idea that OD will work as it does now, but with optional > enhancements. I think that he thinks that Caldera should FREEZE OpenDOS from further development under the premise that by improving OpenDOS and adding new features that only 99.99999% of the users will be happy. Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca OpenDOS: The NEW DOS with FREE source code! http://www.caldera.com