Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Jim Hall]

On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 3:52 PM Maarten Vermeulen
 wrote:
>
> Congratulations on 25 years of FreeDOS! :)
>
> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019, 20:46 Tom Ehlert  wrote:
>>
>>
>> unfortunately it looks like there are now more milestones ahead then
>> bug fixes. (...)
>
>
> Of course, there's always that ONE person who tries (or succeeds without 
> trying) to ruin the party. Congrats to you for being the first and only...


I don't mind.

The only thing that bothers me is that I don't have as much time for
coding like I used to. Otherwise I'd be tackling the bugs. But once I
stepped into a CIO role over 8 years ago, I really didn't have much
spare time to do side projects. I needed my weekends and evenings to
relax.

But I've changed gears, and now I set up a training and consulting
business. I can set my own hours, as long as I meet my goals for the
year. That means more flexibility. I've got some plans that might give
me the extra freedom to commit more time to working on FreeDOS.

I just need to be more careful about time commitments. I decided to do
another leadership book this summer, and write a chapter for someone
else's leadership book, and write an upcoming feature article for a
magazine. Any two of those projects could take up all of my spare
time, and I've got all three. (They looked like small projects when I
decided to do them, but ended up taking more time than I thought they
would.)


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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Eric Auer]

Hi :-)

First of all: Congrats! 25 years of FreeDOS with Jim! :-)

After watching that youtube, I wonder what it would have
been like for him having taken that DOS job in Japan :-)

> FreeCOM bugs unfixed for straight 10 years.

Embarassing indeed...

> automatic network card detection

I vaguely remember something like that in Bart L's older
DOS "Network Boot Disk", sort of lspci plus batch style?
One could also use FreeCOM's magic SET with PCISLEEP Q02.
> and a setup CD that doesn't require 128 MB.

Better scalability would be nice, yes.

Eric

PS: How similar to Imre's 2007 FIND 3.0 with LFN
is the one fixed by recompiling with TC++ 1.01?
And who/when compiled that in LFN-breaking ways?



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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Maarten Vermeulen]

Congratulations on 25 years of FreeDOS! :)

On Wed, Jul 3, 2019, 20:46 Tom Ehlert  wrote:

>
> unfortunately it looks like there are now more milestones ahead then
> bug fixes. (...)


Of course, there's always that ONE person who tries (or succeeds without
trying) to ruin the party. Congrats to you for being the first and only...
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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Tom Ehlert]

> FreeDOS has now been around for 25 years. That's a major milestone
> for anything, especially an open source software project.

unfortunately it looks like there are now more milestones ahead then
bug fixes.

milestones like FreeCOM bugs unfixed for straight 10 years. Congrats.

not even talking about feature enhancements.
automatic network card detection would be one such feature ...
and a more reasonable live CD
and a setup CD that doesn't require 128 MB. This is DOS after
all.

but at least there are pretty t-shirts ...

Tom



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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Ralf Quint]

On 7/2/2019 12:12 PM, Jim Hall wrote:



On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 2:41 AM Ralf Quint > wrote:


On 6/30/2019 3:33 PM, Jim Hall wrote:

FreeDOS has now been around for 25 years. That's a major
milestone for anything, especially an open source software project.

Darn, now I really feel old. I think I have been along this more
or less the whole time...


I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone in the FreeDOS
community - past and present. Open source software is about
people coming together to work on something, and that's you. If I
ever meet any of you in person, I'll buy you a beer/beverage.


When are you heading to LA? Weather is fine right now, after
having months more feeling like Seattle around here...


Not sure the next time I'm headed to LA, but since I live in the 
Frozen North of Minnesota, maybe I should plan a visit during the 
winter. :-)


Seriously, if I'm ever in your area, and we can get together, I'm 
always happy to! I've met a few of you in person. Always good to put a 
face to the name.


Likewise... ;-)

One of my neighbors here from the canyon is from Wisconsin and offered 
me to take me to a trip back to his hometown (somewhere north of Green 
Bay), if that would happen, I think there could be time for a trip a bit 
further to the west.


And to be somewhat on topic, I just saw today an article on ZDNet that 
Microsoft is thinking of a new (open source?) release of Windows 1.0. 
Windows like it's 1985... :P


https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-baffling-new-launch-all-new-windows-1-0-with-ms-dos-executive/

Ralf



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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Jim Hall]

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 2:41 AM Ralf Quint  wrote:

> On 6/30/2019 3:33 PM, Jim Hall wrote:
>
> FreeDOS has now been around for 25 years. That's a major milestone for
> anything, especially an open source software project.
>
> Darn, now I really feel old. I think I have been along this more or less
> the whole time...
>
>
> I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone in the FreeDOS community - past
> and present. Open source software is about people coming together to work
> on something, and that's you. If I ever meet any of you in person, I'll buy
> you a beer/beverage.
>
> When are you heading to LA? Weather is fine right now, after having months
> more feeling like Seattle around here...
>

Not sure the next time I'm headed to LA, but since I live in the Frozen
North of Minnesota, maybe I should plan a visit during the winter. :-)

Seriously, if I'm ever in your area, and we can get together, I'm always
happy to! I've met a few of you in person. Always good to put a face to the
name.

Jim
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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Aitor Santamaría]

Yeah indeed! A milestone to celebrate.
Glad to be part of the community, and long future for FreeDOS!


On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 at 00:34, Jim Hall  wrote:

> FreeDOS has now been around for 25 years. That's a major milestone for
> anything, especially an open source software project.
>
> I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone in the FreeDOS community - past
> and present. Open source software is about people coming together to work
> on something, and that's you. If I ever meet any of you in person, I'll buy
> you a beer/beverage.
>
> And it's great that our community remains so positive. So THANKS for
> helping keep out the trolls.
>
> I'm looking forward to FreeDOS 1.3! :-)
>
>
> Jim
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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Ralf Quint]

On 6/30/2019 3:33 PM, Jim Hall wrote:
FreeDOS has now been around for 25 years. That's a major milestone for 
anything, especially an open source software project.
Darn, now I really feel old. I think I have been along this more or less 
the whole time...


I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone in the FreeDOS community - 
past and present. Open source software is about people coming together 
to work on something, and that's you. If I ever meet any of you in 
person, I'll buy you a beer/beverage.


When are you heading to LA? Weather is fine right now, after having 
months more feeling like Seattle around here...


Ralf



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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Steve Nickolas]

On Mon, 1 Jul 2019, Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-devel wrote:

And we thank YOU! It's pretty cool to see what passion for a platform 
can do, despite the majority of the modern computing world considering 
it dead. Great work, and may it continue growing!


Btw... Nice guest appearance on the [Lunduke 
Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ib9HLHeNfI)!


Just saw that. xD

Mention of GEM reminded me of an idea I thought of some time ago: I was 
musing whether a networking stack could be developed for GEM using mTCP or 
WatTCP, and implemented as an ACC (desk accessory).


-uso.


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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Jim Hall]

Thanks! :-)

Bryan is a cool guy - always love talking with him. We even had a great
conversation after the show wrapped. That's kind of why the video ends
suddenly, because we kept going for another five minutes talking about
other stuff. :-)

On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 5:26 PM Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-devel <
freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> And we thank YOU! It's pretty cool to see what passion for a platform can
> do, despite the majority of the modern computing world considering it dead.
> Great work, and may it continue growing!
>
> Btw... Nice guest appearance on the Lunduke Show
> !
>
> On Sunday, June 30, 2019 6:33 PM, Jim Hall  wrote:
>
> FreeDOS has now been around for 25 years. That's a major milestone for
> anything, especially an open source software project.
>
> I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone in the FreeDOS community - past
> and present. Open source software is about people coming together to work
> on something, and that's you. If I ever meet any of you in person, I'll buy
> you a beer/beverage.
>
> And it's great that our community remains so positive. So THANKS for
> helping keep out the trolls.
>
> I'm looking forward to FreeDOS 1.3! :-)
>
>
> Jim
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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-devel]

And we thank YOU! It's pretty cool to see what passion for a platform can do, 
despite the majority of the modern computing world considering it dead. Great 
work, and may it continue growing!

Btw... Nice guest appearance on the [Lunduke 
Show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ib9HLHeNfI)!

On Sunday, June 30, 2019 6:33 PM, Jim Hall  wrote:

> FreeDOS has now been around for 25 years. That's a major milestone for 
> anything, especially an open source software project.
>
> I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone in the FreeDOS community - past 
> and present. Open source software is about people coming together to work on 
> something, and that's you. If I ever meet any of you in person, I'll buy you 
> a beer/beverage.
>
> And it's great that our community remains so positive. So THANKS for helping 
> keep out the trolls.
>
> I'm looking forward to FreeDOS 1.3! :-)
>
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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[David McMackins]

Yes, thank YOU Jim and all the long time devs who made FreeDOS a thing 
we can enjoy today. I've learned a lot and had quite a bit of fun so 
far, and I'm looking forward to making some contributions of my own to 
the community.



Happy Hacking,

David E. McMackins II
www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com

On 6/30/19 6:49 PM, Jayden Charbonneau wrote:

Thank YOU for being such a great opensource OS project! :-)

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 6:34 PM Jim Hall > wrote:


FreeDOS has now been around for 25 years. That's a major milestone
for anything, especially an open source software project.

I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone in the FreeDOS community
- past and present. Open source software is about people coming
together to work on something, and that's you. If I ever meet any of
you in person, I'll buy you a beer/beverage.

And it's great that our community remains so positive. So THANKS for
helping keep out the trolls.

I'm looking forward to FreeDOS 1.3! :-)


Jim
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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Jayden Charbonneau]

Thank YOU for being such a great opensource OS project! :-)

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 6:34 PM Jim Hall  wrote:

> FreeDOS has now been around for 25 years. That's a major milestone for
> anything, especially an open source software project.
>
> I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone in the FreeDOS community - past
> and present. Open source software is about people coming together to work
> on something, and that's you. If I ever meet any of you in person, I'll buy
> you a beer/beverage.
>
> And it's great that our community remains so positive. So THANKS for
> helping keep out the trolls.
>
> I'm looking forward to FreeDOS 1.3! :-)
>
>
> Jim
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[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS is 25 years old

[Jim Hall]

FreeDOS has now been around for 25 years. That's a major milestone for
anything, especially an open source software project.

I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone in the FreeDOS community - past
and present. Open source software is about people coming together to work
on something, and that's you. If I ever meet any of you in person, I'll buy
you a beer/beverage.

And it's great that our community remains so positive. So THANKS for
helping keep out the trolls.

I'm looking forward to FreeDOS 1.3! :-)


Jim
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