On 10/29/2017 8:02 PM, David McMackins wrote: > On 10/29/2017 09:36 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: >> MS/PC-DOS predates the FSF, GPL and the Stallman virus. DOS itself (in >> pretty much any incarnation, up to and including FreeDOS itself) has >> always been depending on "less-than free" development tools. > So what? UNIX was 100% proprietary when it was created and also relied > on proprietary development tools. People who care about free software > wrote free replacements. Well, yes, they started to make free replacements for Unix level tools, both in terms of usage and in terms of resource requirements. They never bothered to make a free version of DOS (or CP/M, which was still in widespread use back then, or AppleDOS), so why all the sudden now, 30+ years after the fact? How come that Pat Villani didn't use such wonderful free tools when he started to write his free DOS kernel? If nobody cared back then, how come people should all the sudden care now? > As far as I know, this is also the reason for FreeDOS. > > Do you really mean to say that because DOS development has historically > relied on proprietary tools that their should be no drive to make free > replacements? Come on. Well, I happily invite you to provide us with a free development tool that will work in our case and fits your (IMHO) overly idealistic POV. Until that time, I stick to my assessment...
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