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Subject: GDOS, GDOS, GDOS, GDOS ...
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Date: Thu, 30-Oct-86 15:53:47 EST
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Hi Neil:

I was in the store the other day looking at the Easydraw program, and I 
was suprised to discover that GDOS is being distributed with this program.
Included with this GDOS were some fonts, device drivers, and a program named
OUTPUT.PRG.  

After trying Easydraw I got a copy of PaintPro (Abacus) and tried running it.
PaintPro simply would not run with GDOS installed on the system, but ran just
fine when the system was booted without GDOS.  The README file that comes
with PaintPro claimed that it would work with GDOS installed.  When the program
starts the menus claimed that the Swiss font is loaded, but the program soon
bombed.  The salesman at the store said he had no idea what was going on.

This all disturbs me.  Apparently GDOS is already being given away in some
form with commercial software, but you are telling us that we are going to
have to pay money for it.  Will the GDOS given away with software in the 
future be the same thing that is going to be sold for money separately?
Is it possible in the future that some old software will not work correctly
with GDOS installed on the system?  Do you have a date in mind for the 
"release" of GDOS?

Thanks in advance,

Karl

      
     "Free the masses and give them GDOS!"