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

[ryan]

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:
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>>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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>