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I also remember PC-DOS and Dr-DOS if I'm not mistaken. I wonder what has happened with them.
by taubek 5y ago
I also remember PC-DOS and Dr-DOS if I'm not mistaken. I wonder what has happened with them.
- einr 5y agoPC DOS diverged from MS-DOS from version 6, went to version 7, and then around the turn of the millennium had a final commercial release called PC DOS 2000 which was essentially PC DOS 7 with some y2k fixes and other little modernizations. IBM used it embedded in other products until about 2003 after which it's been dead and buried. DR-DOS was bought by Novell when Digital Research went under and became Novell DOS, then it was sold again to Caldera (and later its spun-off Lineo division) where it was called Caldera OpenDOS for a while. It was sold off one last time to DRDOS, Inc. which sold it as a commercial product until at least 2011. I think the current status of the ownership and codebase is unclear.
- lproven 5y agoIn case you missed my earlier comment, where I answered these questions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30138570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30138570