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Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 21:47:54 -0600
From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
Organization: Spectrum Healthcare Services
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To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: multiple O/S
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Roger Winter wrote:
> 
> I to am new to the list but may have some input on multiple O/S.
> 
> No mention has been made of SYSTEM COMMANDER this great little
> programme allows not only multiple O/S`s (OpenDos, IBM, Dos 6.22,
> Win 95, OS2, Win NT ect)to co exist on one partition but also
> supports variations of each O/S such as Windows 95 normal, OpenDos
> normal and Windows 95 Quemm, OpenDos Quemm ect very much like
> the menu system support in Dos 6.22 and partially offered in the
> original Windows 95. Shame it costs so much.

System Commander and Partition Magic were mentioned several times.  They
are not suitable for free software development because they are not
free.  Once you put one piece of non-free software in your otherwise
free softeware solution, the whole thing becomes non-free, and lose its
appeal.

> Also some commands from some DOS`s are superior to others I
> particularly like the Edit from Windows 95 and simply placing
> the EDIT.COM file in these other DOS versions to replace the
> in built command works. This can of course be done with several
> other commands. Also some third party add on such as 4DOS and
> INK UTILITYS (Great delete command among others) also work fine
> with most DOS`s it is possible to tailor part of any O/S to
> suit.

Again 4DOS is not free.  It's bad enough that I have to pay Microsoft
every time they put out a new version of DOS or Windows.  I just can't
justify paying for a new version of 4DOS in addition to MS-DOS.

> Now if we could have the best of all the systems in one
> package, ah well back to sleep.

The only way to get what you want is to stop the Microsoft monopoly.

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Weiqi Gao
weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com
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