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Believe it or not there are people in the world who do want to deal
with Unix, so they want thing to work in the DOS world.
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I think in most situations the choice of operating systems is a practical
one rather than one of preference. The reason for wanting GRASS on MSDOS
relates more to what one has available rather that what one would prefer to
use. In my case, I use (and prefer) UNIX exclusively in my job but use
MSDOS at home. With the incredible variety of affordable software for MSDOS
it does not make sense to use UNIX on my home system. I do, however, run
MKS Toolkit on MSDOS which makes it look like UNIX. My port of GRASS to
MSDOS runs under MKS so the rather arrogant comment included above would seem
inappropriate.
I personally hate MSDOS, but using MKS along with a 32-bit compiler allows
me to have almost the best of both worlds. Has anybody priced a laptop
capable if running UNIX lately?
Keep Doing GRASS,
Doug Dotson
dotson@clark.net
My comment was suppose to read "Believe it or not there are people in
the world who do NOT want to deal with Unix". Many people do not want
to hassle with the complexities of Unix or do not have the desire to
spend the $$$ required to run a Unix machine (although software like
Linux have greatly reduced the cost)
rather arrogant comment included above would seem >inappropriate.
Excuse me if my comment seemed arrogant. I did not mean any harm, and
I definitely don't want to start any DOS vs. Unix religous wars. I am
all for a DOS port - there are LOTS!!! of people out there who will
applaud you efforts (myself included). I hope you keep the group
appraised of your progress and I for one would enjoy hearing about
your work in getting around the client/server display problems.
Will the executable be made available for ftp or is the port going to
be a proprietary product?
Good luck and keep us informed. Again I am sorry if my comment was
misunderstood as being arrogant ( I may be loud and obnoxious at times
but I definitely don't want to be arrogant!
Pat McClanahan Internet:mcclanah@dlgeo.cr.usgs.gov
EROS Data Center mcclanah@edcserver1.cr.usgs.gov
Sioux Falls, SD
605-361-4607