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- From: faulkne1@ix.netcom.com(George R Faulkner )
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Pissed off at Microsoft.
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 21:45:09 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
- Message-ID: <4ebi15$ps8@cloner2.ix.netcom.com>
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- In <4e95ts$ptk@cloner3.netcom.com> faulkne1@ix.netcom.com(George R
- Faulkner ) writes:
- >
- >In <eclipse-2501960300550001@ts-24.pacific.net> eclipse@pacific.net
- >(Rich) writes:
- >>
- >>It occurs to me that the only real thing Microsoft has is windows and
- >DOS,
- >>the DOS part I am willing to live with but the BS. games that
- >Microsoft
- >>plays with Windows. has lead me to decide that we need a new OS
- >>environment that is faster and easier to use, and most importantly
- NOT
- >>OWNED BY MICROSOFT. I have developed a prototype of a OSE(Operating
- >System
- >>Environment) and am looking for programmers that are willing to
- >donated
- >>time and energy to develop parts of this OSE, Including parts that
- >exist
- >>below DOS, for a equal share in the final profits of the system.
- >Although
- >>My Intention is for it to be free for the first years release. If you
- >are
- >>interested please email me with your area of expertise, experience,
- >and a
- >>statement that you are in no way affiliated with Microsoft.
- >
- >I'd hope it's 100% compatible with DOS, 16-bit Windows, and 32-bit
- >Windows. In fact, if you really wanted it to be popular, add in
- >support for OS/2, and maybe even Unix.
- >
- >I hate Windows too! Blue skies with clouds are not for me.
- Hey, and how about another thing, if possible. For real-mode DOS
- programs, allow users to set the amount of conventional memory
- by taking away from some of the extended memory, and allow
- DOS programs to have more than 640K conventional memory.
- Also, include a free compiler/interpreter for either C/C++ or
- Basic, and also support for batch files. Also, include
- a disk compression utility.
-
- Oh yeah, and another thing: make it possible to remove drivers
- and TSR's from memory without rebooting, including removing
- memory managers, such as whatever the equivelent of EMM386
- and HIMEM are going to be.
-
- Also, allow users to specify that a DOS program not use
- virtual memory no matter what, and that no other programs
- run in the background, and swap all memory not regarding
- the operating system and the DOS program to virtual memory,
- so that the DOS program has FULL system attention, so
- that the program will not slow down.
-