*** Answering a msg posted in area linux (linux).

Hello Maurice!

09 Aug 03 22:12, you wrote to me:

 >> I guess we are getting too offtopic, maybe we should take it in
 >> another echo? read the most, maybe TECH or?

 MK> Sure.  I think I have that echo turned on.

Good :)

 >> The troops? Regulear users?

 MK> Yes.

Okey.

 >> I like Linux both because it's UNIX-like, and because it's free.. And
 >> i'm very gladly people begin to release their sources for BBS/Fidonet
 >> programs.

 MK> I used Unix before I was using DOS so it all works out excellent for
 MK> me.  Although it had been a few years since I last used Unix,
 MK> switching to Linux was probably quite a bit easier for me then for
 MK> most people.

Linux is quite familear to UNIX.. You can discuss how DOS is, the
"shell" is quite unix familear, but not the structure of the
operating system.. Maybe some of the other DOS'es (than MS-DOS) has
multitasking or?

 >> I got finally sqafix ported today, cleanly gpl :)

 MK> Sounds excellent!

Now it's aviable at 4 platforms: OS/2, Win32, DOS and Linux (maybe FreeBSD too)..

Regards,
Bo


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