Re: [Freedos-user] Licensing issues

2011-06-02 Thread Michael B. Brutman
On 6/2/2011 1:42 AM, Willi Wasser wrote: >> Some developers may not be too happy >> about the license choice, especially >> those who would like to grab your code >> and try to make money from it by making >> it part of an unfree software. > Let's be serious! Is there still a market for any kind of

Re: [Freedos-user] Licensing issues

2011-06-02 Thread Jim Hall
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Bret Johnson wrote: >> Just the other day, I saw a cash register that was clearly running a >> DOS interface. So yes, DOS is still around. Maybe you don't see it as >> often as a plain desktop user interface, but it's there. > > You'd probably be amazed at how many

Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use FreeDOS

2011-06-02 Thread George Frothingham
On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 20:04 +0200, Eric Auer wrote: > Hi! > > >> I make diode testers and need an operating system that is close to "real > >> time". Also I need to sometimes interact directly with the computer > >> hardware. FreeDOS fills the bill on both counts and WINDOWS is useless. > >> I app

Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use FreeDOS

2011-06-02 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! >> I make diode testers and need an operating system that is close to "real >> time". Also I need to sometimes interact directly with the computer >> hardware. FreeDOS fills the bill on both counts and WINDOWS is useless. >> I appreciate very much what you folks are doing and hope that I can

Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use FreeDOS

2011-06-02 Thread David Griffith
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011, George Frothingham wrote: > I make diode testers and need an operating system that is close to "real > time". Also I need to sometimes interact directly with the computer > hardware. FreeDOS fills the bill on both counts and WINDOWS is useless. > I appreciate very much what you

Re: [Freedos-user] Licensing issues

2011-06-02 Thread Bret Johnson
> Just the other day, I saw a cash register that was clearly running a > DOS interface. So yes, DOS is still around. Maybe you don't see it as > often as a plain desktop user interface, but it's there. You'd probably be amazed at how many embedded and industrial control systems are based on DOS.

[Freedos-user] Why I use FreeDOS

2011-06-02 Thread George Frothingham
I make diode testers and need an operating system that is close to "real time". Also I need to sometimes interact directly with the computer hardware. FreeDOS fills the bill on both counts and WINDOWS is useless. I appreciate very much what you folks are doing and hope that I can help in some way.

Re: [Freedos-user] Licensing issues

2011-06-02 Thread Jim Hall
> > I've seen a lot of drive-through video screens using DOS in some form or > another. > Just the other day, I saw a cash register that was clearly running a DOS interface. So yes, DOS is still around. Maybe you don't see it as often as a plain desktop user interface, but it's there. ---

Re: [Freedos-user] Basic networking abilities

2011-06-02 Thread David C. Kerber
> -Original Message- > From: Michael C. Robinson [mailto:plu...@robinson-west.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 2:35 AM > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Basic networking abilities > > On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 04:12 +0200, japhethx gmail wrote: > >

Re: [Freedos-user] Licensing issues

2011-06-02 Thread David Griffith
On Thu, 2 Jun 2011, Willi Wasser wrote: >> Some developers may not be too happy >> about the license choice, especially >> those who would like to grab your code >> and try to make money from it by making >> it part of an unfree software. > > Let's be serious! Is there still a market for any kind

Re: [Freedos-user] Basic networking abilities

2011-06-02 Thread Michael C. Robinson
On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 04:12 +0200, japhethx gmail wrote: > > [snip] I think > > everybody has learned the last years that GPL software can be used > > without any second thoughts and distributed freely.[snip] > > No. Yes, that's a huge strong point. As long as you provide access to the complete