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Life After MS-DOS: FreeDOS Keeps On Kicking

Posted by Soulskill on from the the-nineties-never-left dept.

angry tapir writes "FreeDOS — the drop-in, open source replacement for MS-DOS — was started after Microsoft announced that starting from Windows 95, DOS would play a background role at best for users. Almost two decades later, FreeDOS has survived and, as its creator explains in this interview, is still being actively developed, despite achieving its initial aim of an MS-DOS compatible OS, which quite frankly is somewhat amazing."

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  1. Re:Not surprising by Zemran · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    For what it is worth -

    Turbo C++ v1.01 from Borland. Released as a freeware by Borland.

    So you can have a free C++ learning platform for students.

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    I love stacking my barbecues in the shed at the end of summer - you can't beat a bit of grill on grill action.