Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 16:13:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
To: Benjamin D Chambers <chambersb AT juno DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: OpenDOS
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> I looked on the Caldera homepage, and found an article about their suit
> against Microsoft.  It stated that some MS products (such as Windows)
> would print bogus error messages if something other than DOS were
> detected, for the sole purpose of forcing people to use MS products. 
> Will this still be the case with OpenDOS?
> 

My understanding is that this was done in a pre-release version of windows
3.0 and was subsequently removed after the press found out about it.  The
trade journals really tore microsoft up over it.

g.