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Re: Linux People Should Say, ‘You’re Welcome, Windows Users’
« Reply #50 on: January 22, 2017, 06:30:31 am »
React OS and some of the others are not ready for prime time, but if they had a whole bunch more people working on them they could become contenders

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Re: Linux People Should Say, ‘You’re Welcome, Windows Users’
« Reply #51 on: January 22, 2017, 06:43:28 am »
React OS and some of the others are not ready for prime time, but if they had a whole bunch more people working on them they could become contenders

All I want is a 32/64bit DOS, 100% compatible with  NT6 CMD and drivers.... Is that too much to ask?

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Re: Linux People Should Say, ‘You’re Welcome, Windows Users’
« Reply #52 on: January 22, 2017, 06:47:38 am »
All I want is a 32/64bit DOS, 100% compatible with  NT6 CMD and drivers.... Is that too much to ask?

erm...  :shrug:

Ask @ShadowAce

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Re: Linux People Should Say, ‘You’re Welcome, Windows Users’
« Reply #53 on: January 22, 2017, 07:05:18 am »
lol. It tried. I think some hobbyists have kept it "alive". It is fascinating to read about some of these hobby OS's

http://techland.time.com/2012/04/02/25-years-of-ibms-os2-the-birth-death-and-afterlife-of-a-legendary-operating-system/

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Re: Linux People Should Say, ‘You’re Welcome, Windows Users’
« Reply #54 on: January 22, 2017, 08:33:30 pm »
All I want is a 32/64bit DOS, 100% compatible with  NT6 CMD and drivers.... Is that too much to ask?
@roamer_1 @geronl

It was precisely this need and desire that led to the development of Linux.

I say--Go for it!!