On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 at 11:21, tom ehlert <t...@drivesnapshot.de> wrote:
> by TK Chia's remark, CP/M-86 didn't even exist yet when he wrote QDOS. > and QDOS couldn't compete with CP/M as CP/M doesn't run on 8088. Did the original Mac compete with the PC? The PC can't run MacOS. The Mac couldn't run DOS (without expensive hardware addons, anyway.) And yet, *yes* they competed. If one is selling into the same market of potential customers, yes, you are competing. > so you claim that DRDOS 3.31 was an unlicensed copy of MSDOS 3.x ? Person A paints a picture. Person B makes a copy and sells millions of copies. Person A comes back and sells copies of the original, with advertising that it is the basis of Person B's derivative. Is Person A ripping off Person B's work? I am going to say *no*, they are not. It was their original work, and a derivative that sold more does not change who created it. > few people would agree with you on that. To be honest, I think very few people would agree with what you obviously feel are strong counter-arguments. To me, your arguments make no sense at all. -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
