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Subject: Re: FreeDOS (was: Re: DJGPP: the future is... ?)
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:47:38 GMT
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On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 04:45:31 GMT, walt121 AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote:

>In article <Gq8P2.799$0C1 DOT 95401 AT carnaval DOT risq DOT qc DOT ca>,
>  alainm AT news DOT mcgill DOT ca (Alain Magloire) wrote:
>> It suprises me that people of thinking of FreeDOS as a good future
>> engine for DJGPP.
>The reason is because DOS is being phased out by Micro$oft.  Windows 2000,
>according to the magazines, will not have DOS capability.  Therefore, unless
>DJGPP evolves to work under Windows 2000, it is dead.

Well, given that DOS (unlike most operating systems) fits on a floppy
and runs on every Intell x86 processor, DOS would still only be "a
floppy away."