From: "Betelgeuse" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: <8l8o43$l1p$13 AT ctb-nnrp2 DOT saix DOT net> <200007210653 DOT JAA08009 AT mailgw1 DOT netvision DOT net DOT il> Subject: Re: DOS 'em out! Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 20:36:41 -0700 Lines: 33 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.148.136.85 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.148.136.85 Message-ID: <39790ad2_1@news.cadvision.com> X-Trace: 21 Jul 2000 20:45:38 -0700, 207.148.136.85 Organization: CADVision Development Corporation (http://www.cadvision.com/) X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.50.1.43 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Hi, Another thing... As DJGPP can compile itself (I presume) one could easily create some fix-ups and load it as an ELF executable under another OS. Who needs Win2k? Later, - Betelgeuse "Eli Zaretskii" wrote in message news:200007210653 DOT JAA08009 AT mailgw1 DOT netvision DOT net DOT il... > > From: "Stefan Viljoen" > > 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, and it uses services which > are central to Windows itself. I find it hard to believe that MS > could kill all those services just like that. They might prevent you > from booting into plain DOS mode (although that, too, would not be > easy, and I'm certain people who need that will find back doors > quickly enough), but you don't need plain DOS mode to run DJGPP > programs.