DOS code in CP/M? Revisited...

[Fred Cisin]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2016, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> GEM for the Atari ST is essntially a clone of MS-DOS functionality for
> the 68K with a graphics enhancement tacked on.  Yet I've never heard any
> accusations that DRI "pirated" MS-DOS.

Ah, but what a funny lawsuit!!


> A tempest in a teapot.
> At least from where I sit,

To most people, assembly language and operating systems are "complex and 
mysterious"

Many don't grasp the concept of reverse engineering, and assume piracy.


I think that Paterson was well able to write work-alike code.