[lug] M$ does it again...down under

[Zichary O`Tea]

Caldera OpenDOS, really isn't "open" in any sense of the word, which is
why they renamed it DR-DOS, long ago.  If you're looking for a truly free
operating system MS-DOS compatiable OS, you should check out FreeDOS --
www.freedos.org.

On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, John Karns wrote:

> One thing I forgot to mention is that the Caldera OpenDOS includes Stacker
> and Personal Netware - DOS with integrated networking - what a concept!
> ... and a nice menu-driven front-end for the configuration.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, John Karns said:
> 
> > There are some examples of OS's & applications which are distributed to
> > educational or other non-profit org's with relaxed license terms.  One
> > example is Caldera's OpenDOS (evolved from DR-DOS) ver 7.01 which is
> > available to educational institutions without a fee:
> >
> > "Caldera grants you a non-exclusive license to use the Software in
> > source or binary form free of charge if (a) you are a student,
> > faculty member or staff member of an educational institution
> > (K-12, junior college, college or library), a staff member of
> > a religious organization, or an employee of an  organization which
> > meets Caldera's criteria for a charitable  non-profit organization" ...
> >
> > Perhaps those people who refurbish the older hardware could be somewhat
> > creative in chosing alternatives, for example they might look into the
> > availability of the old GUI that was a would-be Windows competitor, GEOS
> > IIRC.
> 
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> John Karns                                        jkarns at csd.net
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