On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 01:46:24 -0800,
Day Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Al Davis wrote:
>
> > At the time, I believed like the majority, that Henderson was just
> > jealous of his competition, because he couldn't keep up. In
> > hindsight, now I see it Hender
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 07:38:36PM -0800, Deryk Barker wrote:
> Yes - Desqview/QEMM wasn't it? I actually wrote an application to run
> under DV and had the developer's SDK. It was as I recall pretty good,
> although text only as you suggest. Funnily enough I moved house last
> month and the DV ma
Thus spake Pigeon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 07:46:51AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:41:30AM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> > > [...] DR-DOS, since at
> > > least 5, have had taskswitching.
> >
> > Well, so
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 07:46:51AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:41:30AM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> > [...] DR-DOS, since at
> > least 5, have had taskswitching.
>
> Well, sort of. AFAICR, it was a bleeding edge feature, and
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:41:30AM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> [...] DR-DOS, since at
> least 5, have had taskswitching.
Well, sort of. AFAICR, it was a bleeding edge feature, and it felt like
one. You just didn't really expect it to work like we e
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:48:34 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Also, he says that it runs on the PDP-11 and the Interdata 8/32, which
> contradicts my memory that it was developed on an earlier model DEC
> computer. But he does say that work on UNIX started in 1971. so maybe
> my memory is OK.
IIRC
"Monique Y. Herman" wrote:
>
> On 2004-01-24, Day Brown typed a lot of stuff.
> You're very clearly aware of the fact that most of the community,
> particularly most of the developer community, *wants* all of the
> safeguards and complexities that you find so inconvenient.
Sure. Did I not make i
Al Davis wrote:
> At the time, I believed like the majority, that Henderson was just
> jealous of his competition, because he couldn't keep up. In hindsight,
> now I see it Henderson's way.
>
> How is this case different from GPL violations today?
>
> http://www.esva.net/~thom/philkatz.html
>
Micha Feigin wrote:
> Dos people haven't figured out how to get more then one program running
> at a time and windows haven't figured out how to get a program running
> for more then five minutes without going into the infamous blue screen
> of death.
I dont do windoz, never have. But you are not
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 08:48:34PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> Also, he says that it runs on the PDP-11 and the Interdata 8/32, which
> contradicts my memory that it was developed on an earlier model DEC
> computer. But he does say that work on UNIX started in 1971. so maybe
> my memory is OK.
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 04:58:20AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> The radical libertarian in me enjoys the concept of an O/S where user
> apps can trash the system. Protection faults just seem anti-democratic.
> I'd love to see a modern "equal-opportunity" O/S :-)
AFAIK, Linux 2.6 port for an MMU-les
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 12:06:05PM -0800, Deryk Barker wrote:
> Thus spake Bijan Soleymani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 07:21:02AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> > > > > Linux comes from Unix, which was designed
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 07:21:02 -0500 (EST),
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Haines Brown) wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> > > Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes.
> > > windows comes from dos, which was designed for per
Thus spake Bijan Soleymani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 07:21:02AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> > > > Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes.
> > > > windows comes from dos, which was designed for
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 07:21:02AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> > > Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes.
> > > windows comes from dos, which was designed for personal desktops.
> >
> > Well technically Unix was des
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 07:21:02 -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
>> > Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes.
>> > windows comes from dos, which was designed for personal desktops.
>>
>> Well technically Unix was designed for
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 01:44:02PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote:
>
> * Haines Brown wrote (2004-01-25 13:21):
> >I kind'a miss DOS.
>
> With a decent shell it might have been just endurable.
Like 4/dos?
The radical libertarian in me enjoys the concept of an O/S where user
apps can trash the sys
Hi,
* Haines Brown wrote (2004-01-25 13:21):
>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
>> > Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes.
>> > windows comes from dos, which was designed for personal desktops.
>>
>> Well technically Unix was designed for mid-sized c
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> > Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes.
> > windows comes from dos, which was designed for personal desktops.
>
> Well technically Unix was designed for mid-sized computers...
And wasn't DOS designed for the workst
Alan Shutko wrote:
Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
The big problem with Corel is their relationship to SCO, who are
actively trying to kill Linux as we all now know it. Of course, they
won't be successful, but who wants to be in bed with the enemy.
What relationship does Corel have to S
On Saturday 24 January 2004 07:11 pm, Bijan Soleymani wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 06:28:17PM -0500, Al Davis wrote:
> > You may copy and distribute this program freely, provided that:
> > 1) No fee is charged for such copying and distribution, and
> > 2) It is distributed ONLY in i
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes.
> windows comes from dos, which was designed for personal desktops.
>
> One of the reasons I like to run the Corel version of debian, is that
> because they wrote software for the
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 06:28:17PM -0500, Al Davis wrote:
> You may copy and distribute this program freely, provided that:
> 1) No fee is charged for such copying and distribution, and
> 2) It is distributed ONLY in its original, unmodified state.
>
> How is this case different from G
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes.
> windows comes from dos, which was designed for personal desktops.
No. The original work on UNIX was done on a PDP 7, not a main frame.
Its overall design was largely fixed befo
On Saturday 24 January 2004 01:43 am, Day Brown wrote:
> There is one other example from computer history that applies to our
> power to control our own system: ".zip". Years ago, the BBS networks
> were setup with archived files available with the ".PAK" extension.
It was ".arc" .
> When Phil Ka
Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The big problem with Corel is their relationship to SCO, who are
> actively trying to kill Linux as we all now know it. Of course, they
> won't be successful, but who wants to be in bed with the enemy.
What relationship does Corel have to SCO? I remember
Day Brown wrote:
Yes, Linux is terrific for networks. And if you are a sysad, by all
means rely on it. If however, you are trying to run a single user
desktop, then the whole business of having to logon and enter your
password are a pain in the rectal orifice.
The big problem with Corel is their re
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 10:43:56PM -0800, Day Brown wrote:
> Linux comes from Unix, which was designed for mainframes.
> windows comes from dos, which was designed for personal desktops.
Well technically Unix was designed for mid-sized computers...
> I *never* get told I dont have 'permission' to
On 2004-01-24, Day Brown typed a lot of stuff.
...
You're very clearly aware of the fact that most of the community,
particularly most of the developer community, *wants* all of the
safeguards and complexities that you find so inconvenient.
If you really care so much for a single-user linux, per
29 matches
Mail list logo
