On 8/22/2020 2:41 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > The idea that asking about msdos in a freedos forum and raising questions > about software suggested in a freedos distribution due to date might be > strange came from Jim. If asking about ms dos within freedos is odd, > giving Linux solutions to dos questions must be absolutely shameful. > Kare
Random Leigh not-so-randomly responded: > Unless you consider that a lot of the software included with FreeDOS is ported > from Linux and Unix -and that Unix (and unix-work-alikes) programs have had > dos ports going back to ..crimony, 1986 if not earlier? > I'd suggest that shameful is in the eye of the beholder. ;) I notice a substantial amount of DOS applications are ported from Linux, a lot of BSD applications are ported from Linux. FreeDOS is intended to be compatible with MS-DOS, so applications that come from MS-DOS and Linux may be appropriate in discussions about FreeDOS. FreeDOS is not an isolated world. Tom
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