This is indeed a cool site for those of us DOS lovers.

We are a generation born under the legacy of the DOS prompt . Yes! for  hundred millions of us, this is the reason why we still love the retro- speed and stability of DOS, rather than the monotonous interaction through zillions of mouse clicks in the slow pace of the Windows environment.

Many school graduates do not dive into the depth,  and do not taste the power behind the shell, saved for a few lines of commands learned in a hurry in order to pass the A plus exam;  sad but true.

Have fun!

http://oldfiles.org.uk/

and for those who love nothing but graphics here is a good site below with history of graphics environments:

http://www.guidebookgallery.org/index

The two companies made peace in 2004, with Linspire agreeing to shed its Lindows name and Microsoft paying the company $20 million. Linspire also got the right to use certain Windows Media codecs and settled Microsoft’s trademark infringement claims.

Under the latest deal, the two will be working more closely in a variety of areas, including instant messaging and Web search. In addition, purchasers of Linspire’s paid Linux version will get intellectual property protection against any legal action by Microsoft for using the Linux desktop software. Linspire doesn’t plan to include either the Microsoft technology or the patent protection in its no-charge Freespire product.

“We’re going to include it with Linspire, and we are not going to raise the retail price,” Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony said Wednesday.

It’s just the latest in a series of Linux-related deals. Things started last November when Microsoft and Novell struck a controversial arrangement that provided, among other things, patent protections for users of Novell’s Suse Linux. Microsoft has since struck a deal with Xandros as well.

Microsoft also has noted that Linux protections have been part of its recent cross-licensing pacts, including patent-swap deals with LG, Samsung and Fuji Xerox.

“What this deal is evidence of is this continued effort by a variety of Linux providers and Microsoft to build a bridge between our different platforms,” said David Kaefer, Microsoft general manager of intellectual property licensing.

The companies did not go into the financial terms of the deal, but Kaefer said, “Clearly both of us expect to make money on the arrangement.”
As part of the deal, Linspire will make Microsoft’s Live Search the default search engine in Linspire and will get an extension to its license of the Windows Media technology, including access to Windows Media 10 codecs.

Microsoft also will license some fonts and voice over IP technology for use in instant messaging, while Linspire will join an effort to create translators between Office 2007′s XML file formats and the OpenDocument format. “

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6190846.html?tag=nl.e550

Mac Emulation Resources » Ultimate Mac Emulation…Safari For Windows. Not Even Kidding

“Ultimate Mac Emulation…Safari For Windows. Not Even Kidding It’s here and it’s actually a surprise. We knew we were going to hear about secret-until-now features about Leopard. We figured there would be talk about iPhone’s third party capabilities. But this takes the cake. Safari on Windows? I seriously thought he was joking. Nope. No joke. I am typing this on Safari 3 on my BlackBook, and I highly recommend (and if I could, I would even require) that you download Safari 3 whether you’re a Windows or Mac user. The speed on this is blazing. Leaves Firefox in the dust! You can click here to download it. I suggest you do so ASAP. I can’t even begin to express the urgency one should do this in. UPDATE: Two days after the download and I’ve had not even one crash. I Ran it side by side with Firefox and I actually became impatient with Firefox 2. Maybe Firefox 3 will change things, but right now Safari 3 is much faster. Have any mac users with this beta had any crashes? I have yet to have any at all, and I run pretty resource-hungry websites. I have only noticed one bug. On the game iLike in Facebook, the game tells me there is an error receiving my answer the first time, but the second time it works. Other than that though, absolutely nothing.”

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Web Browser won’t load images- (in Explorer or Firefox)

On a yahoo newsgroup web site I tried to view some pictures or images and Firefox Web Browser version 2.0 or Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 7.0 failed to download the jpeg images. As soon as I disabled Zone Alarm Pro firewall the problem was solved.

The firewall was blocking access to those images and I did not know why.

To solve the problem I just opened Zone Alarm Pro console and clicked on PRIVACY then on site LISTING menu I selected MSN.com and allowed PRIVATE HEADER. When I reloaded the page on both web browsers then the images were visible.

Windows Vista Virtual Easter Egg:

Kwisatz has discovered a picture of three guys on the Windows Vista DVD cover. Who are they? What’s the purpose? Does Bill Gates know about it?

I guess it’s just a prank, but by whom?

He has taken the photos with a Nikon 5700 (click on images to enlarge):
He also says there are three more holographic pictures on the cover, but he hasn’t been able to figure out what’s depicted in them.

Do you have a Vista DVD and a microscope?

Head over to the Kwisatz site (spanish language) for more photos.

Update: Paul McNamara over at NetworkWorld sent a mail to the Microsoft PR agency to ask about their identity. The PR agency: “No comment”.

Update: I see some people are suggesting the hologram could be an anti-piracy measure. But, then again, the pictures are on the cover, not on the DVD itself.

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Labels: entertainment, informatics, picture, technology

The Linux support forums are outstanding and best of all free of charge And by the way you don’t spend too much time in linux seeking for viruses and spyware.

[b]Multitasking makes it possible for a single user to run multiple applications at the same time.[/b]

Linux reminds me a lot of the old 0S/2 and Amiga Preemptive multitasking/time-sharing capabilities. With Windows in the other hand for example and with the slow loading of an application such as MS word it seems like it takes “forever” to show up. In Unix/ Linux this is the opposite, with hardly any waiting period.

To explain it better: Linux/Unix operating system is designed as preemptive multitasking giving better results as far as system responsiveness and scalability. Although in many of the official “status quo” definitions Windows falls into this also preemptive multitasking category and MS techies would affirm cathegorally that I’m wrong by me saying otherwise or that Windows’ approach is based more on the concept of cooperative multitasking (a process which explicitly yield to other processes) instead. But based in the actual Windows XP poor performance and -in this context- I still think Windows behaves more like a cooperative multitasking system and it is not in essence a true multitasking operating system, because Windows is really multi-threading and not multitasking. And my conclusion is based on what I have seen and not by what Microsoft claims to be. I do not think Windows is truly multi-tasking, but appears to be imitating multitasking based on its kernel, just like appears to imitate Apple superior operating system since MS released Windows 95 is been trying constantly to be number one. MS is disappointing users and this has been proven recently with the hurdles and flaws exhibited by its latest incarnation of Windows Vista.

Please, don’t believe what I say and just give Apple a chance and for now you could even try Linux for free. As a matter of fact Mac OS architecture is derived from Unix.

If you don’t have enough money for a Laptop give consideration to a Desktop. I think Mac-Mini is a good option for beginners. http://www.apple.com/macmini/

Start-up revives once-vaunted DR-DOS

By Deni Connor, Network World, 12/16/02

LINDON, UTAH – A start-up is looking to dust off and buff up DR-DOS, a largely dormant operating system that still attracts a hardcore following but is best-known for a colorful past that some see checkered with missed opportunity.

DeviceLogics, a company co-founded last month by Bryan Sparks, former CEO and founder of Linux vendors’ Lineo (now Embedix) and Caldera Systems (now SCO Group), has bought DR-DOS, which once competed against Microsoft’s MS-DOS.

DeviceLogics purchased DR-DOS from Lineo, where it underwent minor functional development during the past few years. The start-up will develop a compact operating system – for kiosks, automated teller machines, point-of-sale devices, handheld computers and desktop PCs running legacy DOS applications. Observers say the operating system, which is expected to ship in the first quarter of next year, could be more efficient and less expensive than Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE or Linux.
Interest level high

“There are still a lot of people running DR-DOS on single PCs,” says Troy Tribe, vice president of sales and marketing at DeviceLogics. “We are going to revise DR-DOS for the desktop, as well as provide a kiosk, embedded, point-of-sale and a handheld version. People are now having to do that work on their own.”

Digital Research developed DR-DOS, a 32-bit operating system, in 1987 as a fully compatible alternative to MS-DOS for 80286- and 80386-based PCs. It succeeded creator Gary Kildall’s Control Program for Microcomputers (CP/M). The most popular legend told is that Kildall, the CEO of Intergalactic Digital Research (later shortened to Digital Research), was piloting his plane the day IBM approached the company about licensing CP/M for its first microcomputer – instead, IBM signed Microsoft’s MS-DOS.

In 1991, Novell acquired Digital Research, DR-DOS and CP/M, with plans to compete against MS-DOS in the DOS market. When Novell CEO Ray Noorda failed to capitalize on the plan to take over the DOS market, Novell sold DR-DOS to Caldera in 1996. Caldera, which Sparks founded with Noorda’s assistance, then sued Microsoft for lost sales and unfair competition and settled out of court for an unspecified amount.
Simple development

Analysts say embedded DOS is important in that the development environment is simplified because the code is compact and the devices that use it often do not require a keyboard, mouse or more-complicated Windows-like display.

“It would probably be much smaller [than XP Embedded], take less machine resources, and because it is inherently simpler, some tasks would run faster,” says Dan Kuznetsky, research director at IDC. “DOS runs very well in a small system by today’s standards.”
Challenges ahead

However, Kuznetsky says getting an embedded operating system such as DR-DOS accepted would not be without challenges.

“It would not necessarily have the same security or development tools that are up to today’s standards; that would be a challenge,” he says.

DeviceLogics says it will introduce a software developer kit in the first half of next year.

Users within IT organizations have mixed opinions about using DOS.

“We do have DOS applications running on legacy dedicated hardware that’s sitting on real-time control systems, which simulate the hardware they are controlling,” says Peter DaSilva, consulting engineer at ABB, a power and automation technology company in Houston. “We don’t have any anticipation of upgrading them – ever.”

Others say having a command-line operating system available such as DOS is still the most direct way to troubleshoot a system.

“DOS is still the best way to run recovery programs, low-level disk utilities, removal of computer viruses, the flashing of the system BIOS and diagnostics,” says Jeff Johnson, an IT consultant in Boca Raton, Fla.

Johnson says that if DeviceLogics added features to DR-DOS that eliminated the need for commonly used utilities such as 4DOS and the Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager, while maintaining a small conventional memory footprint and compatibility, it would increase the chances of use by end users, PC hobbyists and developers.

DR-DOS will compete against a variety of other DOS implementations, including DataLight’s ROM-DOS, Paragon Software’s PTS DOS 2000 Pro and IBM’s PC DOS for Embedded Devices. In addition, an open source version of FreeDOS is available.

Click to see:
PROFILE: DEVICELOGICS
Location: Salt Lake City
Founded: November 2002
Product name: DR-DOS
Product type: Embedded operating system
Ship date: First quarter 2003
Founders: Bryan Sparks, CEO; Troy Tribe, vice president of sales and marketing; Bryce Burns, vice president of operations.
Funding: Self-funded
Fast fact: Sparks’ Caldera started the first of two antitrust trials against Microsoft.

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Wishing the coolest operating system on earth? Do you dream about having a look alike Apple operating system in your windows XP 2003 without loosing Windows?

Here is the answer:

http://osx.portraitofakite.com/