Message-ID: <19981109080915.50296@caldera.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:09:15 -0700
From: Tim Bird <tbird AT caldera DOT com>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Where is everybody?
References: <19981108 DOT 081653 DOT -258007 DOT 1 DOT Phil DOT man AT juno DOT com> <19981108 DOT 144600 DOT 8854 DOT 0 DOT editor AT juno DOT com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85
In-Reply-To: <19981108.144600.8854.0.editor@juno.com>; from Bruce Morgen on Sun, Nov 08, 1998 at 02:13:34PM -0500
Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

On Sun, Nov 08, 1998 at 02:13:34PM -0500, Bruce Morgen wrote:
> >Am I missing something, or is there just not any traffic on the list 
> >lately?
> >
> This list is very close to dead.  
> With Linux distributions for 
> $1.99 and yesterday's Rolls-Royce 
> 486 systems available free or 
> close to it, general interest in 
> DOS, "open" or otherwise, has 
> understandably waned in recent 
> months.

As a desktop OS, I'd have to agree.  That's why Caldera has repositioned
DR-DOS almost exclusively into the embedded systems market.  DR-DOS is
enjoying healthy sales in that market, but this list was more about people
using it to revive DOS on their personal machines.  There is still much
interesting work being done, especially with DJGPP and Allegro, but it
looks like DR-DOS will be much more intesting as a platform to develop
vertical applications.  So there still might be stuff to talk about, if
there are people on the list wanting to do some vertical or embedded
development.  Otherwise, the list is probably dead.

Tim Bird