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From: | "Baal Nephesh" <baal AT nephesh DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
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? ;)
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