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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Another feature idea: 'DOS mode'
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () ens ! ascom ! ch>
Date:       1999-02-22 16:32:19
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Can we keep this a development list please. Wannabe-features can be
discussed on the general KDE list or you can send them to bugs@kde.org
as wishlist item. 

Waldo Bastian


"Yannai A. Gonczarowski" wrote:
> 
> Carlo Wood wrote:
> >
> > Personally, I'd like to ignore, or even boycott microsoft...
> > Therefore I prefer to not to do something terrible unethical as
> > making a 'hidden' way to reboot to the terrible old and
> > incapable dos - but rather create a market for linux games:
> > Let the companies that write games start to write games for
> > linux. THAT is the way to go imho.
> >
> 
> I know no one here likes M$, but the fact is that many games are for DOS,
> and for KDE to have a better chance at the market, support for DOS/WIN is
> something to be considered.
> Don't become M$ and boycott everything else.
> 
> Maybe it will be possible to somehow allow transparent DOs-in-a-window
> support through DOSemu (on machines where it is installed), and WIN support
> through Wine/Wabi (if it's installed)?
> 
> Regards,
> Yannai.

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