Sender: villani AT server1 DOT iop DOT com Message-ID: <34A3A1C4.167E@iop.com> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 07:23:32 -0500 From: Pat Villani MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ark AT mos DOT ru CC: fd-dev AT list DOT freedos DOT org, opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Kernel status (was interesting phenomenon and Super Improved Freedos?) References: <34A10B3A DOT 1CFB AT iop DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk Arkady V.Belousov wrote: > As result, I must say: DOS is bad in terms of _expansion_ becuase > 16-bit model and ugly design. I think, redesigned DOS be (and must?) have a > likeness with original Unixes (like Linux, may be). But, if we talk about > current state, then DOS (as I say before) can cover most specialists > requirements, so they state must be present in sources as is (for > compatability reason) before going to next projects, and _first_ step must > be development of develompent ;) tools. B-| > > [...] > > P.S. I recently look at listing from BC++ and think - what about "addon", > which optimizes code through listing or .OBJ? What you think about? ;) Are you volunteering? Pat -- +--------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Pat Villani | Email: patv AT iop DOT com | | | Amateur call: WB2GBF | +--------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | "If I had my life to live over again, I'd be a plumber." | | -- Albert Einstein | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+