[TriLUG] OT: legacy 16bit DOS programs on Win2k

[Jon Carnes]

Well said.

One other possibility that is within your range... you could rewrite the
app for Linux (or Windows, but let's not go there!).  What does the app
do?
 - what is the necessary input
 - how is that input processed (attach to a back-end database system?)
 - what data is returned and how is it presented to the user

Someone here on the list might also know of an apt replacement.

Good Luck - Jon

On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 10:20, ryan wrote:
> whooooaa  hoho.  back it up a second there 'pardner'.  
> 
> i don't think that i'm so much in the wrong here.  first off, it says OT 
> in the subject line (and people talk about off topic junk all the time 
> that I simply delete if i'm not interested).  And I'm sure that there 
> are a lot of people that deal with Windows stuff on a daily basis as 
> well.  This is a "community" is it not?  Second of all, it wasn't _that_ 
> off topic.  I was also inquiring about the performance of the DOS 
> emulator that runs in linux.  Now, a reply that only answered the linux 
> part of my question would have been much more helpful than one telling 
> me that I'm stupid and should use the M$ newsgroups.
> 
> Thank you to all that tried to help, but it seems that i'm on my own on 
> this one.
> 
> respectfully,
> 
> rtw
> 
> Sinner from the Prairy wrote:
> 
> >On Wednesday 30 April 2003 06:4418pm, ryan.wheaton at attbi.com wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Sup y'all.
> >>
> >>I know that this is off topic, but i'm googled out and i figured
> >>maybe someone here has run into this as well.
> >>
> >>we have an old 16bit DOS app that management has decided to bring
> >>back and employ company wide (tomorrow), and I'm trying to figure out
> >>a way to best do this.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Management want this.... mmm ... Call Microsoft. Pay the fee. Get the 
> >usual "no, it cannot be done" after two reinstalls, three complete 
> >formats and one major OS upgrade. Then, report back to management, show 
> >them a fat bill from Microsoft and tel them "our software vendor and 
> >our OS vendor both confirm this: it doesn't work as its too old an 
> >application".
> >
> >Oh, and I'd appreciate if you haven't asked this question here in the 
> >first place. Use the free Microsoft Newsgroups, for example. It's not 
> >that difficult. 
> >
> >Unless you want to start a flamewar and a name-calling contest, of 
> >course. Then, naming "Microsoft" in a Linux mailing list that covers 
> >RedHat's home turf is the way to go.
> >
> >
> >Salut,
> >Sinner
> >  
> >
> 
> 
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