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From: gab10@griffincd.amdahl.com (Gary A Browning)
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Subject: Re: 386BSD.EXE - Let DOS handle booting?
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Date: 13 Jan 93 23:39:03 GMT
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In article <1993Jan13.083904.14601@email.tuwien.ac.at>,
mbirgmei@email.tuwien.ac.at (Martin BIRGMEIER) writes:
> I am somewhat surprised that nobody mentioned the term `licensing'
> here yet;
> but probably these days it is better not to talk about licensing and
> 386BSD in the same sentence :-)
>
> Anyway, if I need DOS to boot 386BSD, I will definitely need to pay
> for
> a DOS license - something which sounds to me quite contrary to one of
> the
> original goals of 386BSD.
Actually, it would probably be an *alternative* boot system.
--
Gary Browning | Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a
| great idea hits you, and just before you realize
| what is wrong with it.