question about microsoft and linux

[Ralph W. Reid III]

Ross Eadie staggered into view and mumbled:
>
>
>At 07:09 PM 9/9/02 , Charlie wrote:
>>Heh heh.  Microsoft should drop Windows and expand DOS.  Never happen eh?
>
>On the topic of DOS, has anyone heard what happened with the Open DOS
>project that came out of the purchase of DR. DOS?  Last I heard they were
>multitasking DOS.  Given my current problem with the stupid SCSI adapter, I
>would be considerate of a move to something like Open DOS.
>

Open DOS was renamed DR-DOS as it was upgraded from version 7.01 to
7.02 and finally 7.03.  The company that was developing this OS won
its suit against Microslop (Microsoft), and then stopped upgrading
DR-DOS.  I do not believe any upgrades have been done to the OS
since then, but I believe the OS has been released to the public
domain.  In 2000, I put together a list of operating systems which
were available for Intel type architecture, including DR-DOS.
<a href="http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~rreid/links/os.html">
The list
</a>
is a little dated, but it is still available.  Links are available
from that page to the various places where the operating systems can
be found.  I guess I should update the thing so it includes something
about Speakup--yet another pressing project;).

Have a _great_ day!

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