> I have been trying to inject a bit of reality to this and it doesn't > seem to be working thanks, Michael, and I *really* agree with most of it.
> - If you break compatibility with existing DOS, you break compatibility > with a lot of applications. you don't have to break compatibility to enhance DOS. going the DRDOS (much enhanced EMM386) way or Microsoft (Windows 3.11 enhanced mode, Win95) way, both companies *really* enhanced the operating system without breaking compatibility. in Win95 you could have multiple DOS boxes (which I used heavily - it was the best DOS evr at this time), but still have direct hardware access. even Wordstar 1.0 would run ;) unfortunately, while it would be possible to have a better DOS (IMHO Win95 was a better DOS), our only left active developer is busy developing EDLIN ;) > Do any other current active developers want to chip in with their > experiences? Georg? Eric A.? Jack? Michael Devore has probably spend something like a half year of his life to bring EMM386 (toms edition) to EMM386 (mostly working DPMI host). now estimate the amount of work needed to enhance DOS to anything multi-something, graphical, ... all this work for some 20+ users ? simply not going to happen. just my 2 cents Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
