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by WalterBright 429 days ago
> there was little point in bringing out a new OS that wasn't compatible with it unless it was dramatically better in some way.

Make a free open source one.
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kragen 429 days ago
We do have FreeDOS now! Someone could have written it in 01981, but, as I understand it, the ideological motivation for such activities wouldn't be articulated until Stallman founded GNU years later.
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