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> and the DR-DOS Windows thing (where Windows would run on DR-DOS if it pretended to be MS DOS, but not otherwise). Only in a beta, not in a released version:
by tanzam75 13y ago
> and the DR-DOS Windows thing (where Windows would run on DR-DOS if it pretended to be MS DOS, but not otherwise).
Only in a beta, not in a released version:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/larryosterman/archive/2004/08/12/213681.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/larryosterman/archive/2004/08/12/213...
Since it did not make it into a released version of Windows, it did not actually affect DR-DOS. Still, Novell eventually got an 8-digit settlement out of Microsoft.
- yuhong 13y agoI mentioned that lawsuit (particularly the Win95 parts) in my blog article on the MS OS/2 2.0 fiasco: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.ca/2012/12/about-ms-os2-20-fiasco-px00307-and-dr.html http://yuhongbao.blogspot.ca/2012/12/about-ms-os2-20-fiasco-...