From: nowhere@never.at   
      
   On 21/03/2023 16:29, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   ...   
   >>> I'm basically restarting (or perhaps - creating a parallel)   
   >>> computer industry, with a public domain base.   
      
   >> big dreams often end in a wet bed :)   
   >>   
   > Chuckle!   
      
   >>> No-one is going to own something so fundamentally   
   >>> important as the operating system.   
      
   > But Public Domain code can be nick^w incorporated into a commercial system,   
   > and then you've just given them all that for free.   
      
   Paul is told this often since long... but he wont accept the obvious.   
      
   >> now I still own mine. and even >200 times delivered to paying clients as   
   >> part of a hard&software deal, it was/is not for sale.   
   >> And if I'd consider to put it as free in public domain nobody could use   
   >> it because it was written for the specific hardware it was delivered on.   
      
   > I'm sure some of it could be reused. But probably only in a Hobby OS, as   
   > barely anything is written in x86 asm these days.   
      
   KESYS is completely written in bare metal machine code and contains lots   
   of reusable code parts like the mode switches from/to RM/PM16&32/LM and   
   all rare used CM as well.   
   After all my contracts expire (Dec.2024) I may post some snippets of it.   
   btw: Frank is still there but I cannot post to CLAX ...   
   __   
   wolfgang   
      
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