Hi, On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 2:42 AM, Jim Michaels <[email protected]> wrote: > http://mymfe.microsoft.com/Windows%207/Feedback.aspx?formID=195 > > this is the windows 7 feedback form. > you can ask microsoft to bring back command.com and 16-bit dos support to > 64-bit windows.
After 30 years of DOS binaries, if MS can't be convinced by now, they never will be. Heck, their engineers aren't exactly enthused about DOS, hence why NTVDM was always buggy as hell (even when XP was relevant). They couldn't even keep DPMI decently working (esp. 2003, Vista on up), and DPMI's whole point was interoperability with Windows. With DOS, they had competitors (DR, IBM). With Win32/Win64, they were alone and "controlled the standard". Hence not a lot of advantages (from a business standpoint) to support other peoples' binaries, sadly. Most people prefer source compatibility anyways (if even). You'd have better luck ignoring Windows altogether (unless you think Hyper-V is a compromise) and just use eCS (OS/2) or Linux (DOSEMU). And even there it's far from popular or perfectly supported. It's not impossible, obviously, especially with latest VT-X, but they'd just blindly suggest we "upgrade" to Win32 console. (Though some people honestly think everything should be GUI.) Legacy is a dirty word these days. If you wish to keep running old apps, esp. ones you wrote yourself, you'll have to do your own legwork. Especially it seems a lot of people (for good or bad) compromise by only targeting POSIX (at best), so that's about as robust as you can hope for regarding compatibility. (Though I wouldn't rely on SFU, it's deprecated ... like everything else, sigh.) Personally, I think "POSIX only" is an annoying mess (and most so-called POSIX projects rely too heavily on third-party tools), but whatever, it is what it is. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
