28 Jul
2005
28 Jul
'05
3:07 a.m.
Actually, it WAS called DR DOS as it used to be
owned by Caldera until 2003 (which was at one
time part of Novell). It is now owned by SCO and,
like most things SCO gets involved with, they
take ownership, drive it into the ground and then
abandon it like the group of a--holes they are.
Last official DR DOS release was 7.03 by Caldera.
SCO just wanted some of the pieces of it so they
can make more of the "we have rights" B.S. claims
that they make. SCO did absolutely nothing with
it once it was purchased from Caldera. There are
"unofficial" releases of DR DOS 7.04 and 7.05.
They are part of Partition Magic, Western
Digital, Quantum/Maxtor and Seagate/OnTrack
Diagnostics. 7.03 would be the last and easiest
to obtain. Versions .04 and .05 have pseudo-DOS
FAT32 support, but it breaks certain basic DOS
functionality and was actually customized from
the .03 version for obvious specific purposes
(drives larger than 80/120GB, etc).
-John Boffemmyer IV
At 09:55 PM 7/27/2005, you wrote:
I think its now called Caldera DOS - try Googling it
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[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Diego Rodriguez
Sent: Monday, 25 July 2005 4:26 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: DR DOS 5.0
Anybody knows something about its history ??
I have installation disks with files dated
6/1990 and also a boot disk with some files
dated in 2/1991, I know that several bug fixing
versions exist, but Which is the last ??
I remembered it when I was reading all that
Windows Vista (LongHorn) stuff. Seems that M$ is
using 'vaporware' again to distract attention
from Intel Mac OS X much like they did with MS-DOS 5.0 and DR DOS 5.0.
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28 Jul
28 Jul
8:20 p.m.
On 7/28/05, John Boffemmyer IV <john_boffemmyer_iv at boff-net.dhs.org> wrote:
Actually, it WAS called DR DOS as it used to be
owned by Caldera until 2003 (which was at one
time part of Novell). It is now owned by SCO
While I don't disagree with your comments about SCO, you're off beam
on the history of DR-DOS. Lineo got it before 2000 -- it's not been
Caldera/SCO property for a *long* time and you've missed 2
intermediate name changes.
There are
"unofficial" releases of DR DOS 7.04 and 7.05.
They are part of Partition Magic, Western
Digital, Quantum/Maxtor and Seagate/OnTrack
Diagnostics.
True, but they were official, from Lineo. They don't run DOS apps
well, though -- it's been tried.
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9:17 p.m.
actually, my comments come from a number of forums on the matter and
the fact that I had first hand interaction with the Novell/Caldera
gang and DR DOS was available for web-based download up until some
point in 2002/2003 from their site. Lineo might have purchased it
before that, but as for where it was available, Caldera/Novell still
had it at that point. I was simply mentioning major names (not
intermediate) and DR DOS was freeware when it was still with
Caldera/Novell. Lineo may have licensed it or made it shareware (much
like its current holder, DeviceLogic.). Lineo's official releases
were not public/free domain, thus, making my comments on .04 and .05 factual.
please see:
http://stud3.tuwien.ac.at/~e0225895/drdos/history.htm
states as fact that it was only available for OEM purchase in packs of 50.
during this time frame, it fails to state that Caldera/Novell still
had the 7.03 available on their sites for download (part of the sales
agreement to Lineo/SCO, etc). Research is a good thing...
-John
At 03:20 PM 7/28/2005, you wrote:
On 7/28/05, John Boffemmyer IV <john_boffemmyer_iv
at boff-net.dhs.org> wrote:
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Actually, it WAS called DR DOS as it used to be
owned by Caldera until 2003 (which was at one
time part of Novell). It is now owned by SCO
While I don't disagree with your comments about SCO, you're off beam
on the history of DR-DOS. Lineo got it before 2000 -- it's not been
Caldera/SCO property for a *long* time and you've missed 2
intermediate name changes.
There are
"unofficial" releases of DR DOS 7.04 and 7.05.
They are part of Partition Magic, Western
Digital, Quantum/Maxtor and Seagate/OnTrack
Diagnostics.
True, but they were official, from Lineo. They don't run DOS apps
well, though -- it's been tried.
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