On Thu, 11 Feb 2016, Henrik Schick-Hansen wrote: > Fsf keeps a recommendation list for systems that are NOT GNU/Linux. We could > make it long term strategy to have all parts of freedos truly free and to > qualify Freedos for this list. > I mention this because I believe that freedos could have a lot more users > (and developers) if only we based development on free and open tools. If we > used GCC (a DOS port exists) instead of Watcom then we could benefit from > having an updated tool and recruit from much larger developer base. > Freedos should be free (hence the name right ?)
Using GCC would limit FreeDOS to 386+. FreeDOS should run on anything down to a 5150 (with 8088), that would be too limiting. -uso. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
