On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Cristian Burneci wrote:
> I believe DR-DOS is largely used on embedded systems like industrial process
> controllers.
> It is obvious that the OS needs to be pre-installed on every unit
> shipped. It is also obvious that using Windoze to control critical
> industrial processes means suicide (it is both unstable and a resource
> hog). The only alternative is using DOS. (no need to show you which are
> the advantages of DOS in such situations). Since Microsoft stopped
> supporting it, please tell me which is the best alternative?
>
Yes, the factory that I work in (the largest single supplier of a
certain widget to the automobile business) has forty plastic injection
molding machines, plus numerous robots and other control systems--all
of them controlled by embedded computer systems running some variant
of DOS.
There are millions of industrial machines run by DOS. Its a big
market and produces lots of revenue for the copyright holders of
the various DOS's.
Sam Ewalt
> >Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 09:03:29 -0500 (EST)
> >From: Sam Ewalt
> >Subject: Re: DOS footprints?
> >On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> >> If DR-DOS is free for noncommercial use and sold for commercial use in lots
> of
> >> 50 or more copies, what about commercial use on from 1 to 49 computers?
> >We can all speculate about that until the cows come home and not have
> >an answer.
> >Or if somebody really wants to know, they could call the Lineo sales
> >dept, at 801-426-5001 and see what they say.
> >Sam Ewalt
> -- Arachne V1.66, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
>
