From:	stuart DOT brown AT btinternet DOT com (Stuart Brown)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: fall of rsxntdj??
Date:	Sun, 22 Aug 1999 00:18:30 GMT
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IMO if Rainer was serious about promoting RSXNTDJ, he would have
solved these problems long ago.  Clearly he does not even read this
newsgroup, otherwise I would hope he would be so embarrassed by the
furore that he would repair the package.

I find it interesting that in the help file provided with the
distribution, he specifies an exception to the GPL allowing the
distribution of RSXNTDJ-compiled applications without source code, for
a price of $40.  So it is strange that he seems disinterested in a
potential money-earning project.

I downloaded RSXNTDJ with thoughts of 'yes - win32 programs using
djgpp - great!' only to be very disappointed with the amount of
fiddling about needed to get it working.  For me, this put me off the
thought of ever using it again.  I now use DJGPP for DOS development,
and Mumit Khan's distribution of Mingw32 for Windows development.
With the new Windows headers/libraries by Anders Norlander, this is, I
think, the best there is.

In short, Johan, I think there is no good reason for you to work on
RSXNTDJ, especially when Mingw32 is being actively developed and
supported.

Sorry if I have upset anybody, but, after all, this is only MY
opinion.

Regards,
Stuart

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