From:	bpmurray*STUFFER*@socrates.cgl.ucsf.EDU (Bernard P. Murray, PhD)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP: the future is... ?
Date:	Mon, 05 Apr 1999 18:17:24 -0700
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In article <3 DOT 0 DOT 1 DOT 16 DOT 19990405165122 DOT 258fc61a AT shadow DOT net>,
djgpp AT delorie DOT com wrote:

> At 03:54 PM 4/5/99 +1000, you wrote:

> Can you go out and buy DOS now--not an upgrade, but I mean the real thing
> to start up. I don't think you can. Can you?

Yes, IBM DOS 7 is available commercially (I saw it in
CompUSA recently).  However, it is almost impossible
to pursuade any of the computer assemblers to omit
a Microsoft Win* OS from their current systems so
you'll always have something to start with.  I assembled
my own and installed Novell DOS 7 (and Windows 3.11 (!))
from scratch (and this is a PII/350).  Thankfully the
original diskettes were still functional.
     Has anyone asked IBM how much longer they will
maintain plain 'ol DOS?  Will this only be done on a
par with whatever Miicrosoft is offering?  Will they
let it go the way of OS/2 (supported but no longer
developed)?  Maybe we can pursuade IBM to release DOS
as Open Source (I doubt it as they are still tied to
Microsoft).
     Bernard
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Bernard P. Murray, PhD
Dept. Cell. Mol. Pharmacol., UCSF, San Francisco, USA

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