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

[Ron Notarius WN3VAW]

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 at kx7m.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] MS-DOS end-of-life 31 December 2002
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:23:20 -0800


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Rodowicz" <Stefan.Rodowicz at Verizon.net>
To: <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>; <cq-contest at 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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