From: "Tim Bird" <tbird AT caldera DOT com>
Message-Id: <9703311509.ZM31462@caldera.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 15:09:02 -0700
In-Reply-To: leathm@solwarra.gbrmpa.gov.au (Leath Muller)
        "Re: [opendos] Wishlist 2.0" (Mar 31,  9:39pm)
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To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist 2.0
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Leath Muller wrote:
> id wont be supporting DOS anymore (check out john carmacks finger message
> johnc AT idsoftware DOT com), just as most other companies wont be supporting DOS
> anymore either. Its sad, but Windows has taken over, and I can't think of
> any easier way myself to write fast hardware accelerated graphics code than
> using Windows... I prefer DOS to Windows anyday, but its now a thing quickly
> passing us by and dying on the big corporate front... :(

I have to agree that for some programs it makes no sense to use DOS.
However, I have to disagree that DOS is dying, either on the big corporate
front or in small businesses.  Caldera is aiming at special-purpose
and embedded markets, in which DOS continues to thrive.  I read John's
message, and he certainly has some good points.  I have a gaming company,
and we have wanted to use threads and dynamic libs for some time.  However,
for the time being, we are sticking with DOS development since Windows95
has not completely swallowed the market yet (and can run DOS apps anyway).

Tim Bird