question about microsoft and linux

[Ross Eadie]

Thanks Ralph.  I found out what happened to the MSDOS alternative.  It
seems from Dr. DOS with Novell, it turned into Open DOS as a subtitle when
the parent company of Lineo bought it.  Lineo has been integrating it with
their flavour of Linux products.  If you go to www.drdos.com, you will find
a image file which runs under any flavour of Linux they say.  Lineo has
stopped development of Dr. DOS because they feel Linux is the path toward
riches.  Any comercial usage involves payment to Lineo for their last
version 7.03 which multitasks and such.  But, do not take heart, Freedos
exists today.  As long as it is for personal usage, Freedos can be had by
all.  It is a direct takeoff from Dr. DOS.  The Web site is www.freedos.org

At 11:28 AM 9/10/02 , you wrote:
>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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