Re: [Freedos-devel] exfat support from android linux for freedos sdxc support and more?

2015-09-24 Thread Dave Kerber
Just because there is a legal license doesn't mean any money was involved. It could have been granted free for PR purposes, there might have been some kind of cross-licensing agreement, or there might be some restrictive conditions on its use. > -Original Message- > From: Bret Johnson

Re: [Freedos-devel] exfat support from android linux for freedos sdxc support and more?

2015-09-24 Thread Dave Kerber
I think he meant "file system", not "file". > -Original Message- > From: Ralf Quint [mailto:freedos...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 9:14 PM > To: freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] exfat support from android linux for > freedos sdxc

Re: [Freedos-devel] exfat support from android linux for freedos sdxc support and more?

2015-09-24 Thread Dave Kerber
Because it's a Patent (rather than a trade secret or copyright) issue, you ALSO have to be sure you don't do things the same way the patent does. That is still infringement even if you do it completely independently. === David C. Kerber WRA in-house e-mail x-111

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS (ODIN) and 8086 compatibility

2015-05-27 Thread Dave Kerber
C++ is quite commonly used for desktop applications with low performance requirements, on machines with plenty of horsepower. As you say, it's rather a resource hog. -Original Message- From: imre.le...@telenet.be [mailto:imre.le...@telenet.be] Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 2:47 AM

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS compatibility issue according to Asus

2015-03-23 Thread Dave Kerber
If you buy a Dell machine without an OS already installed, it comes with a boot CD that boots to FreeDOS... -Original Message- From: JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU [mailto:jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 10:37 AM To: Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS compatibility issue according to Asus

2015-03-23 Thread Dave Kerber
-Original Message- From: JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU [mailto:jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org] Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 7:22 AM To: Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers. Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS compatibility issue according to Asus I have heard of SeaBIOS,but I

Re: [Freedos-devel] freedos 1.2

2015-01-07 Thread Dave Kerber
I haven't checked on how he licensed them on the web site, but just because the source code is publicly posted doesn't mean it's Public domain. That term has a specific legal meaning. So checking with the author is a good idea unless he specifically says that it's ok for anyone to use for any

Re: [Freedos-devel] New software!

2014-12-23 Thread Dave Kerber
TrueBasic (www.truebasic.com) still sells the DOS version of their compiler, but it's not actively developed any more. -Original Message- From: Travis Siegel [mailto:tsie...@softcon.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 2:16 PM To: Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS

Re: [Freedos-devel] OpenWatcom-produced binaries: why are they so big?

2014-07-28 Thread Dave Kerber
-Original Message- From: Mateusz Viste [mailto:mate...@viste.fr] Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 9:50 AM To: freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] OpenWatcom-produced binaries: why are they so big? Hi Eric, No, I didn't try to optimize the code by

Re: [Freedos-devel] Do not use any code from ms-dos release!

2014-04-24 Thread Dave Kerber
Are you talking about real Java, or JavaScript in your comment about performance? JavaScript has nothing to do with real Java... -Original Message- From: Charles Belhumeur [mailto:chbelhumeur2...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 7:18 PM To: Technical discussion and

Re: [Freedos-devel] Do not use any code from ms-dos release!

2014-04-16 Thread Dave Kerber
How long has it been since you've done performance tests on Java? JRE 1.5 was a HUGE performance jump from 1.4, and 1.6 was another smaller but still significant jump from 1.5. And switching to the Server JVM from the client can get you another order of magnitude gain, though it depends on what

Re: [Freedos-devel] Do not use any code from ms-dos releASE!

2014-03-27 Thread Dave Kerber
-Original Message- From: Charles Belhumeur [mailto:chbelhumeur2...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 2:12 AM To: Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers. Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] Do not use any code from ms-dos releASE! ... IT in our lives like