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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 07:41:59 -0800 (PST)
To: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: multiple O/S
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gnu has a large selection of dos programs that are copyrighted under the gpl.
as for free (as in no pay for and as in changing the source code as you 
want) get either linux or freeBSD. i completely dumped micros**t's 
version of dos a long time ago and went with novell.
about 6 months ago i switched to linux, and 3 weeks ago, i totally dumped 
dos and windoze in the trashcan. (ie: cd /dosc<<enter>>rm -r<<enter>>)
gone, dumped erased. i am now in the process of reformatting the 
diskettes for use with linux. (about 400).

the only gui that i ever gave a thought to using was desqview /x from 
quarterdeck. gui's take up space, use a lot of resources, and load things 
that i may no use during any one session.
if i am not going to use my sound-card for something, why should the 
sound drivers be loaded?
or if i am not going to print, why should a printer driver be loaded?
and so on.

btw: you figure out the **.


                                             aaa AT netcom DOT com

On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, Weiqi Gao wrote:

> 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.
> 
> --
> Weiqi Gao
> weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com