Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!terminator!msiskin From: msiskin@us.cc.umich.edu (Marc Siskin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: CrossDOS problems Message-ID: <1990Aug5.211507.9701@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Date: 5 Aug 90 21:15:07 GMT References: <1990Jul27.112326.8800@canterbury.ac.nz> <2066@wn1.sci.kun.nl> Sender: usenet@terminator.cc.umich.edu (usenet news) Organization: University of Michigan Language Lab, Ann Arbor Lines: 36 In article david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) writes: >>In article <2066@wn1.sci.kun.nl> janhen@wn2.sci.kun.nl (Jan Hendrikx) writes: >>In article david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) writes: >>>They have recentlt upgraded the product to version 4.0a. It is about >>>twice as fast as the older 3.xx versions. >> >>Recently? After the release of MSH:, maybe, which is freely >>distributable, includes source, and was twice as fast from the >>beginning? If I may take a guess at what exactly they did: they >>read the 1.3 hardware reference manual. Too bad that cannot be >>construed as a copyright infringement on the MSH: code. :-) But I guess >>they owe me some gratefulness for making them aware of what they >>should read. >> >>-Olaf Seibert. > >My, don't we sound bitter!!! > >As I remember, the original Cross-Dos was avaliable before MSH. > >Now.....who is copying who????? > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-) > > Dave Lowrey | In Texas: {uhnix1,moray}!starsoft!david >Starbound Software Group | The World: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (amdahl!dwl10) > Houston, TX | I know that Len Poma the Author of CrossDoss was working on the 4.xx update before MSH was released. Len is a member of my user group and has been keeping us up to date on what he is doing with the program. So I can confirm that CrossDos 4.xx wasn't based on MSH. Msiskin@us.cc.umich.edu Marc Siskin, Senior Media Designer Language Lab U of Michigan