Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 23:33:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT dilu DOT ml DOT org>
Reply-To: pierre AT tycho DOT com
To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
cc: OpenDOS List <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: OpenDOS distribution
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On Sat, 17 May 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> > BASH the default shell for OpenDOS! ;-) ))
> 
> I love bash, but setting it as the default shell is not going to
> impress DOS users at all.  Tech support lines will melt.
> 
> bash is only useful to UNIX people and programmers (such as
> myself)  even so, I don't use bash at all when in DOS, I use
> 4DOS.

It *do* have the advantage over 4DOS of being free. What I think is,
instead of improving COMMAND.COM to death, lets keep that as a minimal
shell, staying 100% compatible with MS-DOS batch files, maybe adding a few
commands for batch files. And make the free bash for DOS the "advanced"
shell, making it available as a package.

Pierre Phaneuf

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be
regarded as a criminal offense." - Edsger W. Dijkstra.