From: mutazilah@gmail.com   
      
   "Grant Taylor"  wrote in message   
   news:v7f1cb$3b5$1@tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net...   
   > On 7/19/24 05:43, Paul Edwards wrote:   
   > > Sure - but why not make it available anyway? What's the barrier   
   > > to someone doing that? No-one is interested? Too much work?   
   >   
   > I believe you answered your own question.   
   >   
   > > It didn't need to be Microsoft personally.   
   >   
   > Assuming the MS in MS-DOS stands for Microsoft, yes, it does need to be   
   > Microsoft.   
   >   
   > If you just want DOS on a mainframe, IBM did that.   
   >   
   > Link - DOS/360 and successors - Wikipedia   
   >   - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS/360_and_successors   
      
   And that is really crappy compared to Microsoft's version. The   
   Microsoft version (or equivalent) could have been used for   
   debugging system problems, or experimenting on a DR site.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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