Hi,
Bernd Blaauw escribió:
Alain schreef:
I said not long ago that running windows on FreeDOS is not a real
test, let me explain why: Windows at some point included some very
complicated locking mechanism to *avoid* windows running other DOSes.
AARD is only on beta releases, as was mentioned several times.
well, Windows 3.x and DOS were separate products at the time.
DR-DOS can run Win3.x, so for FreeDOS it should be possible.
I am of this opinion, too.
I'm not saying that things should be programmed so that Win3.x actually
runs. However, running Windows 3.xx error-free on FreeDOS would show
that the FreeDOS components don't have a lot of critical bugs.
ALSO it makes an old computer actually usable again (for win3.x
applications, and in a legal way if you own only a win3.x license for
the specific machine)
The thing is that Windows /S runs up-to-bugs. (Hopefully Windows 3.0
also runs in Real Mode).
Lotus was an important program, so there could be sometings in this
allegation. But, will someone *use* Lotus in FreeDOS? I sincerely doubt.
if Lotus would be public domain, then maybe. Probably no-one is running
DBASE either. Linux(, Windows) or ReactOS in combination with your
wanted application type seem to be the way to go.
Just a small correction, you are probably talking of 1-2-3, the
spreadsheet+database+graphics.
Just remember that Lotus is the brand name. Talking of running "Lotus"
is as senseless as saying you are running the program named "Microsoft".
Aitor
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