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- From: rdb@oasis.icl.co.uk (Roger Binns)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Can you access a virtual console directly?
- Message-ID: <864@ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 18:11:52 GMT
- References: <1992Sep14.220800.12868@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
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- In article <1992Sep14.220800.12868@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Lars wrote:
- : [ Does anybody else get tired of MS-DOS programmers whose first (and
- : often enough only) thought is: ``How do I write directly to video
- : memory?'' Perhaps we'll see requests for adding TSR support into Linux
- : next. Urgh. ]
-
- Well, I think any program should be able to take total control over the machine]
- and use its own protected mode memory allocation system. Also, the filename
- lengths should be reduced to match 8.3. No one needs more than that.
- Additionally, only companies owned by Bill Gates must be able to provide
- compilers, and further operating system software.
-
- Any decent windowing products must use undocumented dos and gui calls, and
- under no circumstances must software work with previous or newer versions
- of any other software.
-
- Finally, upgrades must be very expensive and thinly disguised bug fixes.
-
- Now, have a breath of fresh air, and think about linux.
-
- ahhhh
-
- Roger
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- cs89rdb@brunel.ac.uk Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middx, UK
- rdb@oasis.icl.co.uk International Computers Ltd., Bracknell, Berks, UK
- "Is this stuff any good for ants? No, it kills them."
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