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From: | fiammy AT my-dejanews DOT com |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: FreeDOS |
Date: | Mon, 26 Apr 1999 09:44:18 GMT |
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> > Incidentally, might it turn out that MS-DOS could remain viable despite > its possible abandonment by Microsoft? If Microsoft is convinced that CLI > is no longer relevant to its plans, might it be persuaded to release the > most recent standalone DOS version (6.22, I guess, from around 1994) for > use under something resembling the GPL? > I don't think Microsoft will do that, because they will want everybody to turn to the new Windows 2000. If they leave DOS to live, it would be possible for some users not to use Win2000 and thus not to buy new software and so on. David Janssens -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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