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Re: [MiNT] Extendos and MiNT



Hi!

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Frank Naumann wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> > > Regarding the ExtenDOS... Anodyne were quite kind in my personal mails
> > > so I suggest they would like to provide the FreeMiNT .xfs
> >
> > Roger is working hard on the FreeMiNT XFS for ExtenDOS and I think it
> > will be available soon, I have helped him beta testing it and it works
> > just fine, so be patient.:-)
> 
> It's just the problem that this is closed source and we have therefore the
> same problems as with spin again.

Yes, what about releasing the .xfs sources at least? It is not that a 
secret what you can find it in any open-source OS (I don't believe one 
would invent the wheel again, especially Anodyne SW ;)). You can leave the 
BIOS driver closed source when you create a well defined API...
Roger?

best regards

STan