What I mean by 'worth less than nothing' - which is not true of DOSBox, even for me - is that you would have been better off not getting it, even though you paid nothing. For example, if you take a lot of time trying to set up a program, only to find out that it will not work for you anyway, you're …

Without knowing what the application is, obviously there's no way to comment on its use. Perhaps you don't specify because you're afraid it would get the thread locked? (Which I suppose is not unreasonable given the history here.) As far as I know normal DOS applications, I mean the kind you are …

There's also silly imaginary strifes over its ubiquitousness, like "ugh a lazy dos box release" complaints on any old dos game arriving to Steam, disregarding the rights hurdles it takes for the game itself to get there. And of course certain forks of others' emulators that go all arrogant over …

MMaximus wrote: Kieran293 wrote: ...I'm not entirely sure why people would get angry at people making something in their spare time... There are all kinds of entitled people out there 🤣 True! After reading these forums I can tell that the program usage of DOSBox has really caused problems 😵

Perfect then. I'm not entirely sure why people would get angry at people making something in their spare time but hey ho I'm sure it happens.

Hi everyone, I have been trying to find a way to get an old 16-bit program working and DOSBox seems to be the solution. However, I've seen in several places the connotation that DOSBox should not be used for applications? Is there any reason for this other than the fact its development has been …