On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, sathyashrayan wrote: > I know that FreeDos is not windows and it fits in the > floppy. > > �Every now and then people complain about what FreeDOS > does NOT do, and some > ingrates even insult the developers.� > > No, it is not a insult but a idea came to me for > viewing the source code in .dll files which microsoft > created.
No he wasn't referring to you. The fact is that FreeDOS has the modest goal of running as many DOS applications as possible. For me that usually means, in Linux, using DOSEMU, so we have a DOSEMU that runs out-of-the-box without needing to violate MS or DR/Caldera/whoever-owns-it-now licenses. Anything beyond that is optional. If someone wants to clone OS/2 instead of DOS then feel free to start a FreeOS/2 project but then this is the wrong list to talk about it. Now, pmode is not something for the FreeDOS kernel to worry about, but you are free to implement a DPMI server which runs on top of FreeDOS. In fact somebody else already did that; search the internet for cwsdpmi, causeway and dos32a and you find plenty of sources. Bart ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?b1ddyi.b3hwCs.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^^===============================================================
