Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 02:20:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Reply-To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
To: Benjamin D Chambers <chambersb AT juno DOT com>
cc: ldeicas AT reporters DOT net, opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: 1 question about the future of OpenDos
In-Reply-To: <19970411.160431.4959.0.chambersb@juno.com>
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On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Apr 1997 14:00:01 +0200 "Laurent Dei-Cas"
> <ldeicas AT reporters DOT net> writes:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm a journalist in "01 Informatique" a weekly french newspaper on 
> >computer
> >science.
> >I'm writing a paper on OpenDos and for that purpose could
> >you anwser this question:
> >	- what do you think of OpenDos ? (i-e will you use it ? In
> >which kind of projects ? Do you know a lot of developers who will use 
> >it ?)
> >
> >Thank you
> >:-)
> >Laurent Dei-Cas
> >ldeicas AT reporters DOT net
> >
> 
> I have ont yet installed OpenDOS, simply because I do not have a free
> machine to use.  ~2-3 months after the source release, the first major
> bugs ('features') should be shaken loose sufficiently that OpenDOS begins
> developing in it's own direction.  About that time will probably be when
> I install it.
> I, for one, hope that OpenDOS (or a tangent) is made into a 32bit pm
> native OS (probably running 16bit code with V86 consoles).  I know this
> will not work for everyone, so I expect two major 'flavors' will develope
> - 32bit for 386+, and 16bit for 286-.
> I plan to develope primarily for OpenDOS, with ports to Linux (and only
> porting to Win95 if someone gives me a _really_ good incentive).

Yes, very good.  I still mainly use M$6.22 due to compatibility
issues, however OD is great, and I will switch totally as soon as
I can guarantee all my apps will work as expected.  My
development will also be OD/Linux or vica versa.  I particularly
like the 32bit PM OS with 16bit in V86 consoles idea.

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