Hi, On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Henrik Schick-Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was just wondering why freedos is not listed on fsf (free software > foundation) ? > > I think that freedos deserve a spot here > http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-non-gnu-distros.html (above Replicant) so > that more users may discover and enjoy freedos.
One guy did email us about a year and a half ago about this, but nothing ever came of it. I'm not aware of any further contact. So apparently they didn't find what they wanted or didn't want our help anyways. https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/32699763/ I think it's (almost) a lost cause. We don't have enough volunteers to fix the fixable stuff (presumably switch from OpenWatcom to GCC), and of course there are many things beyond our control. (For instance, I have no idea if RMS still thinks of proprietary BIOS as necessary firmware or not.) DOS is pretty much "no man's land". It's not Windows (and certainly they dropped most support), and it's certainly not POSIX (although we have tons of DJGPP ports plus things like DOSEMU). So, overall, nobody cares (except us few). Luckily, despite all of this, FreeDOS works extremely well, even if most people don't have the imagination to dream what to do with it. There's still tons of legacy software that outweighs any present inactivity. So please don't think I'm being overly pessimistic, I still enjoy FreeDOS. But it's impossible to please some people. If FreeDOS isn't "good enough" for "something" by now, then it's never going to be. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
