XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Carlos E.R. wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
      
   > On 2024-09-20 10:41, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> On 20/09/2024 01:23, clinker wrote:   
   >>> Not to derail this thread, which is a good one, but it is possible an   
   >>> operating system will be developed that threaten both Linux and   
   >>> Windows existence as it is known today.   
   >>>   
   >> most things are *possible*   
   >>   
   >>> OS2 had a good run for example. It is still alive and well in some   
   >>> proprietary industrial equipment because it is impervious to hacks as   
   >>> no one remembers it.   
   >>   
   >> DOS is still used in a lot of industrial kit ...When all you want is to   
   >> load a single tasked application that talks to custom hardware...   
   >   
   > Makes sense. I worked in that sector in the 90's. The only problem with   
   > MsDOS was the small memory available. We had to use overlays in the   
   > software, or load/download programs with a stub.   
      
   I remember the damned overlays when writing a Turbo C "GUI" (a la ncurses).   
      
   I later worked on a large MASM project where you had to load the correct   
   64k bank when calling a function. Painful.   
      
   "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- attributed to Bill Gates   
      
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