From: "Baal Nephesh" <baal AT nephesh DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: DJGPP: the future is... ?
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 21:27:40 +0100
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Michael Stewart wrote in message <7ellgq$orj$2 AT news4 DOT svr DOT pol DOT co DOT uk>...
>Ralph Proctor wrote in message
><major snip>
>>To try to make this comply with the "on-topic" rule, may I say that
>>the DJGPP programmers might be better off not attempted to
>>integrate so closely with the MS world and make a world of their
>>own.
>
>
>I think it'll be self defeating to distance DJGPP with the rest of the
>world. DJ has stated  (in another post) that some sort of commersialism and
>marketing might be good. This I agree with fully, get DJGPP out into the
>workplace and schools, get more people using it and expand the community.
If
>DJGPP goes of into its own little world then technicians will be reluctant
>to install a new system along side existing ones.
>
>I think having an optional GUI for DJGPP would be an excellent enhancement.
>
>Another suggestion might be making the GUI be able to run W3x and W9x
>programs as well (without the need for Windows). Maybe some sort of port of
>Wine (I don't know how feasable that would be as I am not familiar with the
>technical aspects of Wine). Imagine having an open source version of
Windows
>that is more stable and more flexible than the original (DJWIN). If the GUI
>is a DJGPP version of X then this will not only mean that we will be able
to
>dispense with MS forever (using freeDOS as well maybe) but it'll also
>introduce people gently to the joys of Linux without having to learn a new
>OS.
>
>What do people think ?
>
>--
>Michael Stewart
>mike AT reggin DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk
>"Just because you're paraniod doesn't mean they aren't after you..."
>
>
>Why not try contacting DR DOS... They had a run in with MS... They might
release their source code just to piss MS off!

Why don't we all contact them? ;)