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Article #6Re: WANTED: Programmers for PD Unix Tools for MSDOS
From: Ajay Shah
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 21:28
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 21:28
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I used to be a DOS user a long time ago, and had a strong craving
for Unix tools for DOS.
That was when cheap PCs were not able to run Unix themselves, and
running DOS was the only option.
Today that is no longer the case. A $1000 computer can run Linux
or 386BSD.
So IMHO we should not put in any more software effort into DOS and
focus on Unix exclusively. There is no need to hang on to that
devil's spawn any more.
In any case, it's a major nightmare programming for DOS. What good
Unix-experienced programmer would take that trouble when hacking for
pleasure?
-ans.
--
Ajay Shah, (213)749-8133, ajayshah@usc.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gumby!wupost!usc!usc!not-for-mail From: ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) Newsgroups: comp.unix.msdos,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.unix.dos-under-unix,comp.unix.programmer Subject: Re: WANTED: Programmers for PD Unix Tools for MSDOS Date: 3 Nov 1992 13:28:14 -0800 Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 20 Message-ID: <1d6qteINNml@almaak.usc.edu> References: <1992Nov2.164329.16596@opus40.ix.de> <Bx5MEG.E07@magna.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: almaak.usc.edu Keywords: MSDOS, PD