Sam Ewalt said:
>If they didn't want you to download it, they wouldn't make it available
>would they?
Don't go to the FTP page; just go to the Lineo site and see if you can find
anywhere that they tell you that DR-DOS is available for a free download.
If you don't know it's there and exactly where to look, they're not making
it awfully darned available.
I've recently had an experience trying to track down a TSR to fix a bug in
Diamond video cards; the chipset does not support an old DOS font, so the
manufacturer years ago made a small TSR to allow you to view the font. Only
you can't find the file anymore. Diamond apparently allowed the file only
on its website, and after the latest reshuffle, it's not on their website.
Multiple contacts with Diamond support produced nothing-- apparently, if
it's not "on-line", the minimum wage folks in customer service don't think
it exists, or perhaps ever existed.
Paranoid? It wouldn't take much more than a minor change in policy or
corporate reshuffle to make DR-DOS unavailable through legitimate channels.
I already have it, so it's no skin off my nose. If you think it will always
be available-- well, maybe it will be. Who knows? I certainly don't.
