From: mschulter AT mach1 DOT s-cc DOT com ()
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: What's all the hype about OpenDOS
Date: 2 Feb 1997 23:20:04 GMT
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Dave Cigna (cigna AT helios DOT phy DOT OhioU DOT Edu) wrote:
: DR. Andras Solyom <solyom AT eik DOT bme DOT hu> wrote:
: >But I am a little bit sceptical about OpenDOS's future. It is too late
: >now for DOS. Like it or not the dominance of DOS was a result of
: >Microsoft's and IBM's software strategy. Now everyone (except us...)
: >wants to use some version of Windows.

: Which, no doubt,  is exactly the reason that Caldera is giving it away 
: for free. I expect that they know it has a limited future and don't
: want to become involved in supporting it commercially. It's interesting
: though, that they're going to any effort at all to prepare it and make 
: it available. It would be easier to put everything in a store room and 
: let it collect dust.

:  -- Dave Cigna

Please just let me add that I'm another DJGPP user who uses DOS by choice,
so maybe there are more of us out there than we may suspect <grin>.

Most respectfully,
Margo Schulter
mschulter AT mpu DOT com