Re: [Freedos-devel] Happy 29th anniversary to FreeDOS!
Hi, On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 12:46 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-devel wrote: > > In 1994, several of us got together around a pretty neat idea. > > We liked DOS, but Microsoft was clearly moving completely to Windows. "The > next version of Windows," they said, "would do away with DOS." > > We wanted to keep DOS around, so we decided to write our own. That project, > announced 29 years ago TODAY on June 29 1994, was the FreeDOS Project. > > Thanks to EVERYONE who is (or has been) part of FreeDOS! 29 years is a long > time for any open source project, and I'm looking forward to more years to > come. Congrats to my favorite operating system. (In fairness, there are other great OSes too, not just the obvious ones.) My own birthday was yesterday, and 1994 was when I got my first IBM PC (with MS-DOS 6.00 and Windows 3.1). You've done great work, keeping the legacy alive. There was so much cool stuff for DOS over the years (not just games). I'm particularly fond of compilers and utilities myself. I will forever think that some people are geniuses for their work on FreeDOS like Eric Auer. It's just amazing what some people accomplished. I was only able to contribute very small stuff, but hopefully it helped anyways. The spotlight may have faded for DOS over the years, but that doesn't diminish their hard work. Dedicated fans like us will never forget all the cool stuff that was accomplished with it. May it live forever in emulation. ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] Happy 29th anniversary to FreeDOS!
Looks great! Except I was referring to [this logo](https://freedos.org/images/logos/freedos-logo2-lg.png), not the Seinfeld-esque one. :) Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) secure email. --- Original Message --- On Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 at 4:15 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: >> On 6/29/2023 4:24 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel wrote: >> >>> I've been experimenting with an updated website, and I'm considering >>> going back to the original 1990s logo. We can use Blinky elsewhere on >>> the website, but maybe a "throwback" logo would be cool? > > On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 2:07 PM Ralf Quint via Freedos-devel > freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > >> Well, as I have never been a fan of that cross-eyed pregnant guppy, I >> would say go got it... >:) > > I admit I thought of you when I was experimenting with the new design > mock-up. :-) > > An experimental version of the new design is at > https://test.freedos.org/ but it's (very incomplete (most links > don't go anywhere, "Lorem Ipsum" placeholder text, etc). > > ___ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] Happy 29th anniversary to FreeDOS!
+1 And lol, btw. :) Sent with Proton Mail secure email. --- Original Message --- On Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 at 3:07 PM, Ralf Quint via Freedos-devel wrote: > On 6/29/2023 4:24 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel wrote: > > > I've been experimenting with an updated website, and I'm considering > > going back to the original 1990s logo. We can use Blinky elsewhere on > > the website, but maybe a "throwback" logo would be cool? > > Well, as I have never been a fan of that cross-eyed pregnant guppy, I > would say go got it... >:) > > > Ralf > > > > > ___ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] Happy 29th anniversary to FreeDOS!
On 6/29/2023 4:24 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel wrote: I've been experimenting with an updated website, and I'm considering going back to the original 1990s logo. We can use Blinky elsewhere on the website, but maybe a "throwback" logo would be cool? Well, as I have never been a fan of that cross-eyed pregnant guppy, I would say go got it... >:) Ralf ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] Happy 29th anniversary to FreeDOS!
--- Original Message --- On Thursday, June 29th, 2023 at 7:24 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > ... > > I've been experimenting with an updated website, and I'm considering > going back to the original 1990s logo. We can use Blinky elsewhere on > the website, but maybe a "throwback" logo would be cool? > > Jim > > ... Yes! I was about to suggest that before I even read this part of your email, but yeah... [that 90s logo](https://freedos.org/images/logos/freedos-logo2-lg.png) not only looks cool but really embodies the DOS era as a whole. It definitely gets my vote. Not that we're voting. But you get what I mean. :D___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] Happy 29th anniversary to FreeDOS!
On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 6:11 PM Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel wrote: > > Jim, do you still have the original announcement? Would be an interesting > read I guess. > Here it is: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.msdos.apps/c/oQmT4ETcSzU/m/O1HR8PE2u-EJ The original name from the announcement was PD-DOS. That's because I thought "public domain" (PD) was what we were going for - a DOS that everyone could use - a DOS In the "public domain" (aka "for everyone"). But others pointed out that we were really creating a "free DOS" - and anyway, we were using the GNU GPL for pretty much everything. So we changed the name to "Free-DOS" in about two or three weeks. Later, around the time that Pat published his book, we'd changed the name to "FreeDOS" (no hyphen). But I don't know exactly when we dropped the hyphen. Does anyone else know when that happened? I do know that M. "Hannibal" Toal was our first webmaster, and he created the first website logo (the one on the oval .. very 1990s). https://freedos.org/images/logos/freedos-logo.gif I think it was in the late 1990s (maybe around 2000) that we changed to the second version of our logo, the blue one with the "free" in a sort of block next to "DOS" https://freedos.org/images/logos/freedos-logo2-lg.png I don't remember the exact dates anymore, but I think it was the early to mid 00's that we changed to fish logo. I think Bas Snabilie had donated the fish mascot (named Blinky, because of his big eye) and I thought it was cute. We adopted him as a mascot, including the new logo that incorporated him. https://freedos.org/images/logos/freedos-logo3.png And I think it was the early "twenty-teens" that we updated the logo once again to the "shadow" logo that we have now. It's a minor variation on the original fish logo. https://freedos.org/images/logos/freedos-logo4.svg I've been experimenting with an updated website, and I'm considering going back to the original 1990s logo. We can use Blinky elsewhere on the website, but maybe a "throwback" logo would be cool? Jim ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
Re: [Freedos-devel] Happy 29th anniversary to FreeDOS!
Jim, do you still have the original announcement? Would be an interesting read I guess. > Am 29.06.2023 um 19:44 schrieb Jim Hall via Freedos-devel > : > > In 1994, several of us got together around a pretty neat idea. > > We liked DOS, but Microsoft was clearly moving completely to Windows. "The > next version of Windows," they said, "would do away with DOS." > > We wanted to keep DOS around, so we decided to write our own. That project, > announced 29 years ago TODAY on June 29 1994, was the FreeDOS Project. > > Thanks to EVERYONE who is (or has been) part of FreeDOS! 29 years is a long > time for any open source project, and I'm looking forward to more years to > come. > ___ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
[Freedos-devel] Happy 29th anniversary to FreeDOS!
In 1994, several of us got together around a pretty neat idea. We liked DOS, but Microsoft was clearly moving completely to Windows. "The next version of Windows," they said, "would do away with DOS." We wanted to keep DOS around, so we decided to write our own. That project, announced 29 years ago TODAY on June 29 1994, was the FreeDOS Project. Thanks to EVERYONE who is (or has been) part of FreeDOS! 29 years is a long time for any open source project, and I'm looking forward to more years to come. ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
