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Re: CrossDOS problems

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From: Marc Siskin
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 1990 21:15
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In article <david.5514@starsoft.UUCP> david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) writes:
>>In article <2066@wn1.sci.kun.nl> janhen@wn2.sci.kun.nl (Jan Hendrikx) writes:
>>In article <david.5490@starsoft.UUCP> david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) writes:
>>>They have recentlt upgraded the product to version 4.0a. It is about
>>>twice as fast as the older 3.xx versions.
>>
>>Recently? After the release of MSH:, maybe, which is freely
>>distributable, includes source, and was twice as fast from the
>>beginning? If I may take a guess at what exactly they did: they
>>read the 1.3 hardware reference manual. Too bad that cannot be
>>construed as a copyright infringement on the MSH: code. :-) But I guess
>>they owe me some gratefulness for making them aware of what they
>>should read.
>>
>>-Olaf Seibert.
>
>My, don't we sound bitter!!!
>
>As I remember, the original Cross-Dos was avaliable before MSH.
>
>Now.....who is copying who?????
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-)
>
>      Dave Lowrey        |  In Texas: {uhnix1,moray}!starsoft!david
>Starbound Software Group | The World: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (amdahl!dwl10)
>      Houston, TX        |

   I know that Len Poma the Author of CrossDoss was working on the 4.xx 
update before MSH was released.  Len is a member of my user group and has
been keeping us up to date on what he is doing with the program.  So I can
confirm that CrossDos 4.xx wasn't based on MSH.

Msiskin@us.cc.umich.edu
Marc Siskin, Senior Media Designer Language Lab U of Michigan
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From: msiskin@us.cc.umich.edu (Marc Siskin)
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Subject: Re:  CrossDOS problems
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Date: 5 Aug 90 21:15:07 GMT
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