From: "Betelgeuse" <iam@[removethis]cadvision.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: DOS 'em out!
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 20:33:52 -0700
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Sad, but true...

But I can imagine it wouldn't be long before some one would write an
NT-style service that provided better DPMI support for DJGPP programs. A
simple win-32 program can be fashioned that would skip the stub and relocate
everything that needs relocation.

Anyway, when all else fails, you can always run DJGPP through bochs... :>

Later,

- Betelgeuse


"Damian Yerrick" <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> wrote in
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> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:53:28 +0200, "Eli Zaretskii"
> <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
>
> >> From: "Stefan Viljoen" <rylan AT intekom DOT co DOT za>
> >> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> >> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:40:11 +0200
> >>
> >> what do you guys see as the future for DJGPP? I am trying to branch
into
> >> Linux coding as it seems the guys with the shovels are on the way for
DOS?
> >
> >DOS has been buried many times, by many ``knowledgeable'' people,
> >since about 12 years ago.  It is still alive.  You can draw your own
> >conclusions from this.
> >
> >DJGPP supports all current MS platforms
>
> ...that Microsoft is committed to making compliant with standards for
> DOS programs.  WinDPMI has always leaked selectors, and WinDPMI 2000
> has bugs that prevent Make.exe from working properly at all.  This is
> only the beginning.
>
> Search the DJGPP mail archives for threads about "Is DOS dead?" and
> "has officially killed DOS" or something like that.
>
> Anyway, though MS-DOS may die, DOS will survive:
>   http://www.drdos.org/
>   http://www.freedos.org/
>
> --
> Damian Yerrick
> "I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason."
> See the whole sig: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html
>
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