Thirty years since its launch in 1994, FreeDOS now stands as the last MS-DOS-compatible operating system still under active development. Ars Technica (npub15wh…e9hw) talks to the project’s creator about the DOS legacy, its continued relevance and what the future holds for such an “inherently backwards-looking operating system.”
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