Well I would say this about hardware. I began using dos in 1988, when I first came to computers. It is now 2012, and I am still using it. My experience has personally been that people have created ways to use dos with hardware as it changes, no reason for that to stop any time soon. I am not talking specifically about freedos, I do not use it. However enhanced Dr dos is a fine example of dedication, as is the work of Bret and those who write mpxplay, even on little things. just my two cents, Karen
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012, Alex wrote: > Hi > > This topic is not about DOS vs other operating systems, or the fact > that users tend to gradually abandon DOS. It's about the survivability > of DOS vis-a-vis hardware. > The starting point for my reasoning is: what will happen with the > future development of the hardware architectures? So far DOS has fared > relatively well, in the sense that it can still run even on 32bit and > 64bit architectures, despite the fact that it does not fully support > them. Now the question is: will it always be like this? Or will there > come a point when, due to a radical CPU redesign, we won't be able to > even use DOS any longer on newer machines? What are the chances of > this happening? > > Related questions are: how adaptable would the (Free)DOS codebase > prove, in the event of this happening? How much manpower would be > required to recode/adapt (Free)DOS to the new needs? In short, could > DOS survive such a situation? > > I know that this may look as an overly pessimistic scenario, but I > believe it's one we had better anticipate, rather than just assuming > that things will always be as they are now. I hope I am very wrong in > my reasoning, and I would be very glad if someone pointed it out. > > Cheers > > Alex > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to > monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second > resolution app monitoring today. Free. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
