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Subject:	Re: About DJGPP future
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Date:	Tue, 20 Apr 1999 22:30:20 -0500
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Howdy ...

1st post .. so sorry if no one said this ... =-]

Manni Heumann wrote:

> In article <371A6934 DOT 9316A109 AT teleline DOT es>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com wrote:

> >I'm thinking about the DJGPP future. My last post was a wish list 
> >like a programmer, but to think about the future is different.

> >Why we need DJGPP? To write DOS programs and port lots of Unix 
> >programs. 

> >Why people need DOS?

> >To answer this question is more dificult, but probably there are two
> >reasons:
> >    - To run the big number of DOS programs there are.
> >    - To use the command line. I think the command line is a great
> >thing. Using command line programs people can automate his work.

> <SNIP>

> Agreed. And I've got another reason. There are some things, that OSes 
> like Linux or Windows won't let you do, at least not the easy way: 
> Measuring accurate times to the millisecond, accessing the parallel ,
> and serial ports adding special hardware that has it's own ports...
> These are thing that people (like me) need in their laboratories. And 
> they need them to be easily programmable. DJPGG will let you do all 
> this and more and the other DOS compilers are nearly extinct.


Just wanted to add this to why there is a need for DOS (and thus DJGPP)
... 

<edited from http://idt.net/~kassoc/dos/doszilla_faq.txt>
Here are a few reasons for developing DOS software:
1. 10% of all personal computers only run DOS.
2. DOS has also found a popular home in the embedded OS market.  
3. Projects like FreeDOS will inevitable lead to a resurgence of DOS in
computing
4. It is an alternative to Windows that is less complex than Linux.
[snip]
6. To keep DOS alive for future generations to love and cherish :)
</edited from http://idt.net/~kassoc/dos/doszilla_faq.txt>

Sincerely,
J. D. Redding
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