Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:15:24 -0700
From: "Alan S." <as173 AT cornell DOT edu>
Subject: Re: DOS issues #2
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
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Hi Neal! [plus other listees who actually follow the threads...]

I was under the impression that I was asking a serious question about
the reasons behind the continued push for FreeDOS and any other "still
in development" DOS's.

I don't run much in the way of DOS applications, but I've managed to get
by using the OS/2 DOS emulator and DR DOS 6 & 7 for the last decade or
so [I've even run DR DOS in OS/2 virtual machines on occasion].  DR DOS
has its deficiencies [e.g., 'no boot from FAT32' & 'install only to
first primary partition on disk'], but am I supposed to believe that
FreeDOS -- or whatever else is 'almost ready for prime time' -- will end
up with fewer problems (within some reasonable timeframe)?

[See, Neal, I still didn't say anything good about MS DOS...]

Alan S. ["confused in California"]
4-19-2001



[2] Neal wrote:
> Alan -
> If MS-DOG is so good, why are you on the DR-DOS list ???


[1] Alan S. wrote:
> I guess I'm a little confused--  Aside from specialized needs for 
> (say) embedded platforms, why are we looking for another NEW non 
> Microsoft DOS? and what functionality would/should it have that is 
> not already present in, e.g., the OS/2 DOS emulator? [which I 
> frequently see remaindered in California for about $4.95 per copy 
> of OS/2 version 2x.]