Message-Id: <199703201652.LAA16522@keeper.albany.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "James Lefavour" To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 11:49:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0 Reply-to: jamesl AT albany DOT net References: <18040 DOT 9703141838 AT orkney DOT dcs DOT st-andrews DOT ac DOT uk> In-reply-to: I believe what we need here IS two different OpenDOS products. OpenDOS 7.xx, when the bugs are gone, will be a superior DOS, for 16 bit computers and up. It will be outstanding, but what about the newer Computers? 386's have been available for how many years? Therefore, we will develop OD-32, a full 32 bit OS, and for it to be viable, it must compete with guess who - which means compatibility, GUI, etc. I do fully support "accessibility", and I don't appreciate a disrespectful individual "beating us about the head and shoulders" with a US regulation that doesn't apply here. OD is from Caldera, and the main product is in the UK, and we have already covered what the ADA (NOT the American Dental Association) actually DOES apply to. So please, people, some respect is in order here - I am confident that the command-line version of OD will become fully compatibly with the standard speech programs etc, because there is a need for it, and because the people AROUND the WORLD who will be working on it are generally respectful of the needs of others. As for OD 32, I own a 486, which I upgraded from a 386, which I upgraded from a 286 AT, etc... I want to be able to take advantage of the features of my machine, and I want to be able to run the 32 bit software (IE, M$95, etc). For example, I have a 1 1/2 year old daughter, who thankfully[?] is quite bright, and I have software called "JumpStart Toddlers" - it runs under either Win3.1 or Win95, but not plain old dos. It is very graphical, but is also very useful, as it teaches my daughter coordination, computer use (in a basic sort of way), and several other things. I find this software very useful, but at present, the only way that I can use it is to have W95 installed and running. I would LOVE to have and alternative to this - especially an "Open" one So we aren't just talking games here - there is useful software that is available only for the M$ Windoes environments. We will need to keep that in mind for the future - how about modelling after the XWindows setup - make the OS 32 bit command line, and have a GUI layer float over that? Just my thoughts - I have been silent too long Jim jamesl AT albany DOT net - http://www.albany.net/~jamesl/