From: "Florian Xaver" <dos DOT fire AT aon DOT at>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Free-dos
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:25:22 +0100
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PC-DOS hasn't much more features than FreeDOS, and you can download all
other features from Simtelnet. It is also free.

bye, florian

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Mark at Cross+Road's <mark1 AT mich DOT com>
An: opendos AT delorie DOT com <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Cc: dos DOT fire AT aon DOT at <dos DOT fire AT aon DOT at>
Datum: Montag, 30. Oktober 2000 16:59
Betreff: Free-dos


>
>OK, but why?  It seems to me that the freedos hasn't, likewise gone very
far
>recently, or is that connected to the 32-bit projects?
>    It's sort of seems to me that there's only a little space to develope
>any further in dos and then what would come next would be versions that
>would be not compatible with prior versions of dos?  If that becomes the
>case then in my own way of thinking you might as well as already noted just
>migrate to linux and keep whatever version of the 16-bit dos you care for
as
>a historical point, or do those programs you cannot believe that you cannot
>live without in dos and have that system as bug-free as is possible while
>growing with linux.
>    In that case I still wonder if it's the Pc-dos which has then emerged
as
>the most stable and fuller featured dos that ever has been developed and
>generally understanding that this is it for 16-bit dos, no real other
places
>to go with it!
>     That's what it is seeming like to me.
>     Mark
>
>
>On 2000-10-30 opendos AT delorie DOT com said:
>   >Hi!
>   >> However does
>   >>anyone here still use DrDOS-Opendos-... or am I only one left?
>   >No, I am using Dr-DOS 7.03!! Only for internet I have to use windows
>   >(because I have a windows isdn card :(). If I would have a DOS isdn
>   >card, I would need windows only for Napster :)))
>   >>What about
>   >>IBM's PC-dos 2000?  You can still buy it from IBM even in floppy I
>   >>believe! Does anyone use it and how does it compare to DrDOS #703?
>   >Has it also got a
>   >>bootloader which automatically dectects W95-or 98?  Is it more
>   >>stable with "no" emm386 errors?  Do you know of a "list" for it's
>   >users?
>   >Yes, it is also under developement. But I would use FreeDOS instead
>   >and would download a free memory manager (that's the only thing i
>   >am missing), a dpmi server and a taskmanager (like Desqview 2.8).
>   >BTW: A new kernel will be released in the next days ( www.freedos.
>   >org ).
>   >bye, florian
>   >www.drdos.org
>   >www.seal.de.vu
>
>