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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 01:22:28 +0200
From: Mariano Alvarez =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fern=E1ndez?= <malfer AT teleline DOT es>
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To: djgpp <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: About DJGPP future
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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.
(Windows programs donīt have that, I'm trying to port some NETPBM
utilities now, because when you have to do the same thing with a lot of
graphic files it's desperating to use the tipical graphics programs).

And, why exists DJGPP if Linux can excute command line programs and it
can run DOS programs (by DOSEMU)?
Because DJGPP run on Microsoft systems, and people who don't want to run
Linux can run DJGPP programs easily.

Then, what to do when Microsoft don't support DOS over his operating
systems?
I think we need two things:
    - A free Dos operating system (why not FreeDos, it will be nice to
add 32 bit support and bash as the default shell).
    - A DOSEMU over Windows NT. Obviously it must bee a native NTt app,
but with it we donīt need Microsoft support of DOS.

What do you think? (Sorry my bad englsh).

Regards, M.Alvarez