On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Gil Parrish wrote:
>
> 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.
>
Ok. I went to the Lineo site and found this:
www.lineo.com/cgi-bin/drdos/faq
"How Can I Get a Copy of DR-DOS" (updated 10-22-2000)
"DR-DOS is no longer available in a single copy license. Fifty
or more copies may be purchased from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The source code is available for purchase.
Copies for non-commercial use may be downloaded from
www.drdos.org."
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drdos.org has the link that sends you back to the lineo ftp site.
Lineo is no longer developing DR-DOS as they think Linux is a better
solution for thin clients and embeded systems. But, as I noted previously,
they are still making it available for non-commercial use and if someone
develops a commercial use for it they will be happy to sell bulk
licenses and source code.
And who knows what the future holds? Lineo appears to view DR-DOS as a
possible source of revenue and the DR-DOS copyrights as an asset they
wish to maintain.
Sam Ewalt
Additonally, Caldera.com still has a book and CD available for
purchase for 29.95 which includes the complete manual and DR-DOS 7.02.
