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 -- To unsubscribe, send a message to listar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe calmira_tips" in the body. OR visit http://freelists.dhs.org