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<H4 align="center">By James T. Dennis,
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<p><strong>From Larry Herzog Jr. on 19 Sep 1998 </strong></p>
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Do you have any idea where someone can by the final releases of both
Desqview386 and Desqview/X??
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>Larry,
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Unfortunately I don't. If they don't offer it direct from
<a href="http://www.quarterdeck.com/">Quarterdeck</a> (try calling and
pestering for it via voice line) then I have no idea where you could get it.
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I presume you ask because you found a references to
DESQview on my web pages. The fact is that I gave up on
DV (and MS-DOS in general) about five years ago --- when
I switched to Linux full time.
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Linux will run on just about any hardware that could support
DESQview/386 --- and it's DOSemu package is just about as
good as DV ever got. XFree86, the X Windows system
supported by Linux (and the other freenix varieties) is much
more stable and modern than DESQview/X ever was (although I
did like dwm --- their quick little window manager, and
"appman" (applications manager).
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I think it's a pity that Quarterdeck as done so poorly.
However, I must say I saw it coming. That's one of the
reasons I left their employ when I did (long before they
gutted the whole department I had been in).
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I think that the best things that Quarterdeck could do now
are:
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<li>Release DESQview, QEMM386, the DESQview API
programming kits etc all under the GPL.
<em>[I think one of the other Open Source(tm) licenses would
work fine, too; for example, the NPL style with Quarterdeck filled
in as originator. -- Heather]</em>
<li>Encourage <A HREF="http://www.caldera.com/">Caldera</A>
(current owners of DR-DOS ---
and a major distributor of Linux) to incorporate
these into their DR-DOS package (which is
now targeted toward embedded x86 systems)
<li>Release the DV/X sources, dwm and the related
utilities.
<li>Start writing Linux and freenix applications
--- and adding some professional polish and
consumer touches to various freeware projects
and sell collections of these add-ons.
<li>Offer paid Linux telephone support (Quarterdeck
had the most effective and efficient tech support
department that I've ever seen or worked with ---
with the most expeditious and sensible call
escalation methodology. If they haven't
obliterated that from their corporate memory
--- they could <EM>rock</EM>! I, the Linux Gazette
"Answer Guy" would call them in a heartbeat
if they were offering commercial support.
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But, alas and alack, it is not likely to be.
Sorry I can't help you more than that.
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