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Open Watcom Effort Makes First Public Release

epowers writes: "It's been a long time since /. ran this story, but a few days ago the Open Watcom Project made it's first public release. It's only a binary patch targeted at 11.0a/b owners, but it's still an important roadmark on the way to the planned full open source release of both the Watcom C/C++ and Fortran compilers. Most programmers, particularly game programmers, should remember the amount of prestige id software's DOOM generated for the Watcom compiler and the sudden proliferation of 32-bit DOS games with the tell-tale "DOS/4GW" startup banner. The download is available for free, but Open Watcom requests a $1-$50 donation to help support the development effort required to remove code Sybase doesn't own and to prepare the open source release."

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  1. What's this about? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do you really know? I don't know.

  2. Hows this for a donation? by SaxMaster · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That bitch can DOS/4GW my nuts anytime. Just ask the goatsex guy, she does a really good job.

    --
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  3. Party TIME!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. Re:Get some PRIORITIES by dieragheads · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hahaa man...you seem to be the only person to notice this. all the petty little insignificant things slashdot has posted up since then (sept 11th) seems to be mocking the seriousness of the event. i see things like "apple to stop aquatic GUIs"..i mean....come on...WHO THE FUCK CARES???? this is the last straw...slashdot is no longer my homepage....talk about GAY

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  9. Re:FOR THE LONELY SLASHDOTTER (THIS MEANS YOU!) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    its been so long since ive read that

    thank you, ac, for posting

  10. summary so far by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Get some PRIORITIES (Score:-1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, @08:32PM (#2369452) The worst terrorist attack in recorded history occurred just over two weeks ago, and you people are discussing how but a few days ago the Open Watcom Project made it's first public release....

    [ Reply to This | Parent ] * Re:Get some PRIORITIES by dieragheads (Score:-1) Saturday September 29, @08:37PM * Suck my COCK by Anonymous Coward (Score:-1) Saturday September 29, @08:38PM Lol... ... I think the idea of the Graviton Lance was a concept that most game engines haven't fully developed (Fire a weapon, and tendrils of energy fire in truly random directions (Not just immediate explosino area) creating collateral damage that could hinder your progress later in the game.) Not to mention that Syndicate Wars had one of the coolest openings ever made....

    (Score:-1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, @08:36PM (#2369463) * A case of beer * Some acid * Three gerbils * Duct tape * Two young goats * A twelve-year old virgin * Nipple clamps * Four enema bags * Styrofoam penuts * A lot of lube * And a cardboard cutout of George W. Bush ...

    (Score:-1) by Pr0n K1ng on Saturday September 29, @08:37PM (#2369465) (User #160688 Info | Last Journal: Tuesday August 28, @10:38AM) Even though there's other posts here, mine was first!...

    (Score:-1) by egg troll on Saturday September 29, @08:43PM (#2369480) (User #515396 Info | Last Journal: Wednesday August 29, @04:16PM) I work as a consultant for several fortune 500 companies, and I think I can shed a little light on the climate of the open source community at the moment....

    (Score:-1) by egg troll on Saturday September 29, @08:46PM (#2369485) (User #515396 Info | Last Journal: Wednesday August 29, @04:16PM) Congrats, its only like 10 fucking years old now!...

    (Score:0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, @08:53PM (#2369497) The Open Watcom core team has already created a binary patch update release Interesting use of the word once you take the project status [openwatcom.org] page into consideration.

    Perhaps this time next year they'll release another beta of this patch, get a little more free publicity from Slashdot, and get a few more dollars in donations....

    (Score:1) by reynaert on Saturday September 29, @09:06PM (#2369515) (User #264437 Info) This OpenWatcom project has existed for over a year, claiming they will make a open source release.

    1. Re:summary so far by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      how the hell is a summary of the current topic offtopic?? fucking idiot moderator

  11. Re:Get some PRIORITIES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You have been trolled.

  12. WTC Truth! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Facts:

    4000 Jews were told to stay away from WTC Sept. 11.

    Many of the people defamed as monstrous killers have been found alive and not in league with terrorists in the Middle East.

    Thus the names are probably all false.

    Therefore it required signifigant organizational resources to pull off the murders.

    Osama bin Laden is hiding out in Afganistan do you think that if he had signifigant organizational resources that he would be there?

    The only group that could have pulled off the attacks is Mossad. The Israelis are trying to kill all the Muslim people by having the Americans destroy them.

    This is a vast Zionist conspiracy and must be stopped!

    Proof is here

    1. Re:WTC Truth! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Exactly, they have no proof these boogy men shown all over the news are the real hi-jackers. Of course the bodies will never be recovered, how convenient. Also convenient one of the alleged hi-jackers passports was found blocks away in fine condition by a jewish passerby. How did this man's passport survive a flame hot enough to melt steal? People bodies where evaporated in 1200 degree heat and yet conveniently there is this so called terrorist arabs passport sitting in the new york street blocks away for a nice jew to find. Can you say planted evidence? It's most likely part of a zionist conspiracy, i'm sure the high levels of the united states government knows whats going on, but how can they perfom ethnic cleansing on arabs without an excuse? So the jews masterminded the perfect plot and with the jew controlled media spewing anti mulsim lies it makes it easy for zionists like to begin a new crusade against islam and arab people.

  13. Godddamn by robvasquez · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot...isn't cool anymoreby n3m6 (Score:2) Saturday September 29, @11:37PM

    glad to see them accept donations (Score:2)
    by Dr. Awktagon on Saturday September 29, @11:08PM (#2369521)
    (User #233360 Info)
    I wish EVERY substantial Free/Open software project had a donation page pop up before download. There are several programs that I use regularly for which I would donate when downloading or upgrading.

    In fact, Free/Open software is much more valuable to me than the alternatives.

    So in other words, I will only pay for Free software! ;-)

    (Too bad they use Amazon for their donations, for those of us boycotting them.)

    [ Reply to This | Parent ]

    Re:glad to see them accept donations by reynaert (Score:1) Saturday September 29, @11:21PM

    How much use is this in the modern era? (Score:3, Insightful)
    by Ryu2 on Saturday September 29, @11:11PM (#2369528)
    (User #89645 Info | Last Journal: Saturday August 18, @05:04AM)
    Not a troll. 32-bit flat memory, etc. under DOS was cool in the early 90s, but really how viable is it in this day and age?

    [ Reply to This | Parent ]

    Re:How much use is this in the modern era? by reynaert (Score:1) Saturday September 29, @11:28PM
    Re:How much use is this in the modern era? Saturday September 29, @11:34PM
    Re:How much use is this in the modern era? by rabidcow (Score:1) Saturday September 29, @11:43PM

    summary so far (Score:-1, Offtopic)
    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, @11:11PM (#2369529)
    Get some PRIORITIES (Score:-1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, @08:32PM (#2369452) The worst terrorist attack in recorded history occurred just over two weeks ago, and you people are discussing how but a few days ago the Open Watcom Project made it's first public release....

    [ Reply to This | Parent ] * Re:Get some PRIORITIES by dieragheads (Score:-1) Saturday September 29, @08:37PM * Suck my COCK by Anonymous Coward (Score:-1) Saturday September 29, @08:38PM Lol... ... I think the idea of the Graviton Lance was a concept that most game engines haven't fully developed (Fire a weapon, and tendrils of energy fire in truly random directions (Not just immediate explosino area) creating collateral damage that could hinder your progress later in the game.) Not to mention that Syndicate Wars had one of the coolest openings ever made....

    (Score:-1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, @08:36PM (#2369463) * A case of beer * Some acid * Three gerbils * Duct tape * Two young goats * A twelve-year old virgin * Nipple clamps * Four enema bags * Styrofoam penuts * A lot of lube * And a cardboard cutout of George W. Bush ...

    (Score:-1) by Pr0n K1ng on Saturday September 29, @08:37PM (#2369465) (User #160688 Info | Last Journal: Tuesday August 28, @10:38AM) Even though there's other posts here, mine was first!...

    (Score:-1) by egg troll on Saturday September 29, @08:43PM (#2369480) (User #515396 Info | Last Journal: Wednesday August 29, @04:16PM) I work as a consultant for several fortune 500 companies, and I think I can shed a little light on the climate of the open source community at the moment....

    (Score:-1) by egg troll on Saturday September 29, @08:46PM (#2369485) (User #515396 Info | Last Journal: Wednesday August 29, @04:16PM) Congrats, its only like 10 fucking years old now!...

    (Score:0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, @08:53PM (#2369497) The Open Watcom core team has already created a binary patch update release Interesting use of the word once you take the project status [openwatcom.org] page into consideration.

    Perhaps this time next year they'll release another beta of this patch, get a little more free publicity from Slashdot, and get a few more dollars in donations....

    (Score:1) by reynaert on Saturday September 29, @09:06PM (#2369515) (User #264437 Info) This OpenWatcom project has existed for over a year, claiming they will make a open source release.

    [ Reply to This | Parent ]

    Re:summary so far Saturday September 29, @11:57PM

    Incinerate Islam. Burn Them Alive. Nuke Muslims. (Score:-1, Troll)
    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, @11:22PM (#2369548)
    Our beloved dead cry out in tortured agony:
    Kill all Muslims.
    Kill all Mohammedans.
    Kill all Arabs.
    Kill all Towel Heads.
    Kill all Camel Jockeys.
    Kill all Sand Niggers.
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    Kill all Islam.
    Nuke their countries to hell.
    Nuke them again.
    Death to Islam.
    I piss on Mecca. I menstruate on the Koran. I shit on Mohammed.

    [ Reply to This | Parent ]

    great news! (Score:0)
    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, @11:35PM (#2369569)
    This is great. Maybe we'll finally have a decent, free C compiler!

    [ Reply to This | Parent ]

    WTC Truth! (Score:0)
    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 29, @11:53PM (#2369599)
    Facts:

    4000 Jews were told to stay away from WTC Sept. 11.

    Many of the people defamed as monstrous killers have been found alive and not in league with terrorists in the Middle East.

    Thus the names are probably all false.

    Therefore it required signifigant organizational resources to pull off the murders.

    Osama bin Laden is hiding out in Afganistan do you think that if he had signifigant organizational resources that he would be there?

    The only group that could have pulled off the attacks is Mossad. The Israelis are trying to kill all the Muslim people by having the Americans destroy them.

    This is a vast Zionist conspiracy and must be stopped!

    Proof is here [allahhatesjews.com]

    [ Reply to This | Parent ]

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    IMPORTANT!
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  20. Hints for dealing with pacifists. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What to do if you happen upon a peace rally by stupid naive hemp-shirt-wearing college idiots, to teach them why force is sometimes needed:

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  21. Re:Get some PRIORITIES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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