[GEM Development] version of opengem for easy use for windows users

[veganalex]

On 12/05/06, Blair Campbell <blairdude at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not impressed at /all./ I'd go with DR-DOS like a shot myself. Also
> > open, also GPL, current and supported and being actively developed.
>
> DR-DOS is definitely NOT GPL, and has a semi open licence; it can only
> be used for personal use, and to my best knowledge only the kernel and
> command.com source is available.  If DR-DOS was GPL, then FreeDOS
> would probably not exist.

wait a second, if it's free for personal use, then can't almost anyone
use it? - and can't people then upgrade / update dr-dos and then
distribute it saying that businesses have to pay license fee to
whoever owns dr-dos or whatever...???

veganalex


>
> > The DOS shell is more familiar if you come from a PC-ish background,
> > certainly, but the Linux shell is so much more powerful that frankly
> > there is just no comparison. It takes some learning - I only know 10% of
> > the functionality, if that, compared with maybe 90% of DOS, but still, I
> > can do more in Linux than I can in DOS. It's worth learning.
> >
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