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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2334 comp.os.linux.misc:13013 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!pirates.cs.swt.edu!swrinde!news.uh.edu!not-for-mail From: cosc19v2@menudo.uh.edu (cosc19v2) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: 12 Apr 1994 15:08:38 -0500 Organization: University of Houston Lines: 24 Message-ID: <2oev46$pf6@menudo.uh.edu> References: <2o6ral$shj@eve.adam.com.au> <hastyCo2r27.Js2@netcom.com> <Co40Cs.16v4@austin.ibm.com> <hastyCo5oz2.MGx@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: menudo.uh.edu In article <hastyCo5oz2.MGx@netcom.com>, Amancio Hasty Jr <hasty@netcom.com> wrote: > >Well for those out there sculpting with X you obviously need a >DOS emulator. My home environment is *volatile* so it is no >big deal for me to re-boot to DOS. Now my BSD machine at work is stable >environment and I have no need to run DOS programs at work :) Maybe you never need an electronic dictionary, thesaurus, quotations, .... etc. However, there are bunch of people who are doing useful jobs using computers and they need such programs. Just think of how many of them can be connected to internet and get webster service. It is rather a better idea to have a dosemu in one of xwindow and run such programs, and cut and paste. How about grammer checking ? I would first 'detex' the document and write to dos partition, and invoke grammer checker in dos-emu window. This is just one example of why we really need dos-emu. Of course, the people who do ONLY *bsd hacking, will never ever need it. But just imagine how a computer can be used in various useful and effective ways. Just imagine beyond your boundary. Many thanks to the people who are working on dos-emu !!!