Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 09:58:54 11/20/98
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On November 20, 1998 at 00:00:30, Komputer Korner wrote: > >Okay thanks for the CD lesson. However doesn't WIN 9X first boot to DOS before >starting WIN 9X? So doesn't this mean that DOS is tied up with WIN 9X and can't >be separated from it? >-- >Komputer Korner Well, Microsoft would say yes. A while back, someone was suing them, because _allegedly_ DR-DOS was able serve as the underlying DOS layer for Windows 95 just as well as MS-DOS, were it not for some effort by Microsoft to make sure this wasn't the case. I have no idea what happened to the lawsuit, maybe it has been dropped. I think Ray Noorda (now with Caldera OpenLinux) had something to do with it, but my memory's pretty foggy on it. But for all practical purposes, you are right, DOS is "tied up" with Win95. Probably Win98 too, though I can't speak from experience there. Anyway, we're sort of drifting... Dave Gomboc
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