On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 11:48:35AM +0000, Imre Leber wrote: > After having an extensive private chat with Eric. I was wondering > what the overall interest of the project would be to move the FreeDOS > utilities to a DJGPP based platform.
Does this imply that FreeDOS would become a 32-bit OS and that the utilities would no longer work on a real (16-bit) IBM PC? Since such plans have come up several times lately, I would like to emphasize the following thing: For me, a FreeDOS that does not properly run on a real PC is utterly useless. In fact I think it would be ridiculous to make a 386-only system and calling it XxxDOS, since all versions of "the real DOS" do run on original PC hardware. Sometimes these concerns are waved away with the argument that pre-386 systems are not used anymore except by hobbyists. My reply to that is that FreeDOS itself is not used by anybody except hobbyists. Kicking out everybody with old hardware and emulators sounds like a bad move. Joris. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
