Le 13/09/2011 15:37, Tom Ehlert a écrit : >> An easy way to get there, of course, is by simply using instances >> of a lightweight VM emulator like DOSemu, on a stripped down version >> of Linux. An even better way would be to support true multitasking. >> But I would be thrilled if we provided even task switching, such as through >> a shell. > >> I emailed the contact person of VMiX yesterday, to see if he might >> be interested in opening VMiX as open source software. > > clicking on the [download] button leads to > ftp://ftp.sysdev.org/pub/VMiX-3/
Oh cool, sources ! I recall testing it briefly and it worked not too bad. IIRC it had some odd GNU-screen-like screen splitting, the vertical one was a bit strange to use though :) > >> That project >> hasn't been updated since 2007, > similar to freedos 1.0, so it's possible that this is dead as well Maybe they'd be willing to open a sourceforge project themselves and take the lead on it ? It seems some files on the FTP were modified this summer, so it's not totally dead. > >> so it's possible no one is working >> on VMiX anymore. If they would be willing to open VMiX under the GNU >> GPL, I'd love to see us add VMiX to a future release of FreeDOS. > it's GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. how much more o you expect ? MIT ? :P LGPL is compatible with GPL anyway. François. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA Learn about the latest advances in developing for the BlackBerry® mobile platform with sessions, labs & more. See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry® DevCon today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
