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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 14:06:13 -0400
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
From: Takashi Toyooka <ttoyooka AT verisim DOT com>
Subject: Re: OpenDOS/32
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At 08:28 1997/05/28 -0500, Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:
>>> Ummmmmmm...apart from hatred of Microsoft, what is a strong reason
>>> for a user to choose OpenDOS/32?
>
>> Programs developed explicitly for OpenDOS/32 will be much faster,
>> more capable, and have more features at their disposal.
>
>And what will motivate developers to write explicitly for
>OpenDOS/32?

This is a chicken-and-egg question.  The popularity of an OS depends
heavily on the number of applications written explicitly for it.  The
number of applications written for it depends on its popularity.

If we fall into that trap, there will never be *any* new OSes.  I think
it's perfectly reasonable to try to extend OpenDOS as far as we can,
and to try to exploit the current technology to its fullest.

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