Message-Id: <199705231426.KAA21225@delorie.com>
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 09:21:49 -0500
From: "Jonathan E. Brickman" <brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com>
Reply-To: "Jonathan E. Brickman" <brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: OpenDOS announcement...
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> At 07:51 1997/05/23 -0500, Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:
>>OpenDOS is not fully compatible to the industry-standard
>>DOSes (MS-DOS 6.x, PC-DOS 7.x).   I don't like to keep
>>harping on this, but something has to be done.

> If you can elaborate, maybe something *can* be done.

I have stated it specifically once before.  I repeat:

1.  Windows 3.1x compatibility.
2.  Run all major DOS apps reliably with no "hacks" or
downloads from the Novell web site.
3.  Document all non-standard installation differences.
4.  Make the installation work without having to hack
any configuration files.

These four, if implemented, would make OpenDOS "fully
compatible" to the DOS running on the vast majority
of DOS computers today.  As long as these are not
implemented, allegations that OpenDOS is "fully
compatible" are not very accurate, to my eyes
and the eyes of most users and administrators
I see.

Jonathan E. Brickman         River City Computing, Inc.            (913) 232-6663
http://www.cjnetworks.com/~rivercity                    brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com
It seems to me that men usually think more about carburetors, and women
think more about doors.  I think the world needs really good carburetors...and
really good doors.