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Quote:>http://www.caldera.com/news/pr001.html
>http://www.cnet.com/Content/News/Files/0,16,1925,00.html

>You don't think this might have anything to do with DOSEMU, do you?

An excerpt from http://www.cnet.com/Content/News/Files/0,16,1925,00.html:

<Caldera is also seeking to put an end to all of Microsoft's licensing
<practices and pricing policies that could prompt hardware vendors to rely
<exclusively on Microsoft. Further, the suit requires the company to disclose
<to Caldera the APIs for all of its operating systems for ten years and seeks
<to prohibit Microsoft from including code in its products that could create
<real or perceived incompatibility between Microsoft's and Caldera's products.
[please visit there yourself, there's more]

Yikes, is this for real?  I may have to go out and buy a copy of CND
to express my support.  I just hope Caldera wins and shares all those
APIs with the rest of us.

This is both a weird and cool move by Caldera, but more importantly
(to me, at least) it may get some more publicity for Linux.

Followups set to comp.os.linux.advocacy, where a thread is already
popping up...
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Well, I guess it lets them put DOS on the CND stuff & the Law suit
hopefully allows DR DOS to stay compatible with MS DOS.

They are totaly off ther heads :-)

However it looks like i'm going to have to save up & buy CND now.

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>An excerpt from http://www.cnet.com/Content/News/Files/0,16,1925,00.html:

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My opinions are mine and not necessarily anyone else's.

However, it looks like I've finally figured out why Caldera is doing
this.  I can't believe the number of people willing to buy CND just to
help them out.

Slick move, hats off to you, Caldera.
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                                        -Otto.

        Hi? Is there any deal right now? DR DOS 6 is now replaced with
Novell DOS 7..... I think we can say that DR DOS doesn't need to stay
compatible with MS DOS but PC DOS? Can it?
        Besides Linux, I have used DR DOS for years... I really hates
MS DOS and what I can say is that I haven't use MS DOS before.. I was
frustrated there will no longer be a product called Novell DOS 8.... I
love DR DOS!
Regards,
Simon

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