<CT> more about abandonware
- From: ivanva@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Ivan Vavrecka)
- To: calmira_tips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 09:45:31 -0500 (EST)
Thank you Glenn
you wrote (Digest V3 #74):
>Ummm, not so! Last I heard from MS, they would still "vigorously protect
>their copyright protections" of ALL prior released operating systems,=20
>including=20
>MS DOS 1 thru 6.22, Windows 1 thru 3X and on. While some sites did
>offer Win3X and MS DOS versions for download, I think most if not all have
>been shut-down, or they are not very well publicised. But, it would be=
sort
>of a nice "humantitarian gesture" on the part of MS to allow the free=20
>distribution
>of older operating systems...hehe, they don't offer support for them=
anymore!
>See you later!
>Glenn
>GLENNRPH
>http://members.aol.com/GLENNRPH/glennrph.htm
This is what MS "tell us", but I am not quite certain about "all" their=
property
rights, and I don=B4t expect any "humanitarian gesture" from them.
Even if MS doesn=B4t feel so, abandonware is what it means, and if they want=
to
start a discussion, it=B4s up to them, I=B4ll not start this argument, and I=
will
keep on using "freely" (?) all "old" and not supported software in our local=
PC=20
Recycling Project, just in order to get "people=B4s better acquaintance"=
with=20
these tools, until better alternatives are found.=20
I was expecting to hear some kind of comments about this (such as yours), as=
=20
I would be really glad to have a complete library of FREE files (exe, com,=
dll,=20
etc.)to replace a Win 3.11 GUI. This could be an "extra" project for=
Calmira,
starting with some basic files, and build up a "new alternative".
DR-DOS is not Free, but it has a "generous" License Policy, and it runs Win=
3.11
much better than MS-DOS. FreeDOS is still a "project". It will sure be
growing as
DOS is still a "standard". Why couldn=B4t be there further development for
Calmira=20
that may result in a W9x Desktop as an FULL FREE GUI for all DOSes ?
There might be many answers to all this, but I believe that somebody said...
The Questions, that is what really matters !
Thank you for your comments.
Ivan
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