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[CQ-Contest] MS-DOS end-of-life 31 December 2002

Subject: [CQ-Contest] MS-DOS end-of-life 31 December 2002
From: wn3vaw@fyi.net (Ron Notarius WN3VAW)
Date: Tue Nov 26 15:21:48 2002
I doubt it.  In fact, I suspect if someone put any old Micro$oft software
out on the web without their permission, even something as old, "obsolete,"
and unsupported as MS DOS 6.x (let alone stuff older than that), you'd be
hearing from Micro$oft'$ legal staff.

Remember, they still "own" the software, you don't and never have.  Ever
read the license agreement?  Right -- that's a license, not a sale.

And I'm curious about that link for DR-DOS too.  CP/M lives on!

73, ron wn3vaw

"Merry Christmas to All, and to All, a Good Night!...
When I wake up, I'm getting a CAT Scan!"
Tim Allen, "The Santa Clause"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Denny Sahovic" <radio@kx7m.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] MS-DOS end-of-life 31 December 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Rodowicz" <Stefan.Rodowicz@Verizon.net>
To: <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>; <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] MS-DOS end-of-life 31 December 2002
>
> Last week I couldn't find the MS-Dos 6.22 disks, so I downloaded the
latest
> DR-Dos (ver 7.xx)  used it to run TR for the contest.

Does this end of support by Microsoft mean that someone can put
MS DOS 6.xx on the web page for a free download?

Denny, KX7M


> At 09:15 AM 11/25/02 -0800, Jim Reisert wrote:
> >   http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle.mspx
> >
> >Of course, this doesn't mean much, since as long as we have DOS floppies
and
> >PCs that can load them, we can continue to build DOS-based logging
systems.
> >





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