>> Remember that Steve Gibson went round trip back to FreeDOS after >> evaluating several other DOSes so this means that FreeDOS can't be that >> bad :) a) other DOS's were just too expensive b) his problems seem to have been entirely related to the 2033 kernel default stacksize of 128 byte
c) he uses VERY few DOS functions; IMO Spinrite might even work with ke2028 (which had still MANY bugs) >> I just hope that if I ever need spinrite myself Steve can pay >> back by giving me a free copy ;) I's sure he'll be happy to send you a license; I'm proud owner of it already. > ;-) ;-) ;-) You're right. It's not bad at all. good *enough* for me (at least the part I use) > You know I like it, but I'm > afraid the remaining bugs (I don't mean just "my" bugs of course) may play > bad jokes on us in the future if not fixed. Besides, Steve can't afford to > use any DOS illegally. So if I were him, I'd choose FreeDOS too. it's just the question, if it's good enough for the job at hand. if 'yes' - use it. if 'no' - it's far too expensive, even if free. tom ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
