Posted by: Serge Wroclawski
on January 29, 2005 08:49 PM
OpenDOS, AFAIK, was never 100% Free as in speech. I think they went back and forth on licensing for a while but ended up not doing it.
As for the utility of some of the things you're talking about (like multitasking), I'd think that in most cases, you'd be better off running a version of GNU/Linux and running dosbox or dosemu.
I can certainly see the utility of adding network to DOS (as they've done) for things like embedded systems or hobby projects. Beyond that you might find a law of diminishing return. If you want multitasking and other facilities, you'd likely be better off with a small *nix system than a beefed up DOS system.
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Re:multitasking, multimedia, networked
Posted by: Serge Wroclawski on January 29, 2005 08:49 PMAs for the utility of some of the things you're talking about (like multitasking), I'd think that in most cases, you'd be better off running a version of GNU/Linux and running dosbox or dosemu.
I can certainly see the utility of adding network to DOS (as they've done) for things like embedded systems or hobby projects. Beyond that you might find a law of diminishing return. If you want multitasking and other facilities, you'd likely be better off with a small *nix system than a beefed up DOS system.
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