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FreeDOS is Dead?

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First post, by DosFreak

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Hi. On 28 June 1994, the project that became FreeDOS was announced to the world. It's 12 years later, we still haven't reached " […]
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Hi. On 28 June 1994, the project that became FreeDOS was announced to the world. It's 12 years later, we still haven't reached "1.0", and there's no sign of getting there anytime soon. I have given up. I've stopped waiting for "1.0". FreeDOS is dead.

I'll still continue to register the freedos.org domain, and I'll keep it current. That's the least I can do. But I'll no longer host the FreeDOS.org web site on my server. As of 22 June 2006, www.freedos.org has moved to the SourceForge.net servers.

If you are seeing this message, it probably means your upstream DNS is caching the old www.freedos.org value. Please refresh your DNS (if possible) or talk to your Internet provider. This is how your DNS lookup should look:

» host www.freedos.org
www.freedos.org is an alias for vhost.sourceforge.net.
vhost.sourceforge.net has address 66.35.250.210

Until your DNS is updated, you can visit the new FreeDOS web site at freedos.sourceforge.net.

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Reply 1 of 3, by Zup

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Sad to hear that.

I have traveled across the universe and through the years to find Her.
Sometimes going all the way is just a start...

I'm selling some stuff!

Reply 2 of 3, by Xian97

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It appears that it isn't dead after all. A news item today says possibly a 1.0 release within the next month.
http://os.newsforge.com/os/06/07/03/148241.shtml?tid=16

From the article

Two weeks ago, Hall changed the DNS entry for FreeDOS.org to point to SourceForge's server. "After a week, traffic on the old www.freedos.org had pretty much stopped ... or so I thought," says Hall. "Deciding to have a little 'fun' (word used with tongue firmly in cheek) I posted a 'FreeDOS is dead' message on the old site for the one or two people that were still accessing it." Hall soon began receiving concerned email messages from people wondering why he had killed the project, so he immediately replaced the old page, but word continued to spread that "FreeDOS was dead."