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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 07:44:18 +0000
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From: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: [opendos] A more ordered fixlist
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In article <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970210221347 DOT 285t-100000 AT capslock DOT com>,
mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca writes
>> OK, but for each one that *you've* used that has automatic ANSI
>> emulation, there are plenty of others that don't have it.
>
>Granted. However, since there are a lot of FREE programs out
>there *with* ANSI support built in, there is no need not to
>upgrade.  Besides, no-one is saying that ANSI.SYS should be
>eliminated at all, just that it shouldn't be built into the OS.
>Since less and less programs rely on ANSI.SYS for anything, it
>makes little sense to build it into the OS and force it onto
>everyone.  I *DO* however think it would be cool as a compile
>option!  I think ALL DOS drivers should have the option of being
>built in with a recompile.

Which is exactly what I said when I first mentioned the idea.  Glad you
see it my way...   ;-)

Just like with Linux, you can compile your own copy of the kernel to
your liking to work with optimium efficiency, it would be nice to do the
same with DOS.

-- 
DrDebug

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