Jim Hall (James F. Hall) is a computer programmer and advocate of free software, best known for his work on FreeDOS. Hall began writing the free replacement for the MS-DOS operating system in 1994 when he was still a physics student[1] at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.[2] He remains active with FreeDOS, and is currently the coordinator for the project.[3]
Hall created FreeDOS in response to Microsoft announcing end of support for MS-DOS in 1994,[1] a year before Windows 95 was released. Prompted by a March 31, 1994 post on comp.os.msdos.misc asking if "anyone, for example GNU et al. ever considered writing a Public Domain DOS",[4] Hall decided to garner support for a free version of DOS, written under a free or public domain model.[2][3] In a June 29, 1994 post, Hall announced an effort to create a free DOS, called PD-DOS, writing:[5]
References
- 1 2 Hall, Jim interviewed on the TV show FLOSS weekly on the TWiT.tv network
- 1 2 3 Hall, James F. (2002-03-25). "The past, present, and future of the FreeDOS Project". Retrieved 2008-06-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 3 4 Hall, James F. (2006-09-23). "History of FreeDOS". freedos.org. Archived from the original on 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
- ↑ Valente, A. "Tony" (1994-03-31). "GNUDOS a better DOS than DOS". Newsgroup: comp.os.msdos.misc. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
{{cite newsgroup}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Hall, James F. (1994-06-29). "PD-DOS project announcement". Newsgroup: comp.os.msdos.apps. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
{{cite newsgroup}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Hall, James F. (1994-07-26). "Free-DOS project". Newsgroup: comp.os.msdos.apps. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
{{cite newsgroup}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Villani, Pat (1996). FreeDOS Kernel – An MS-DOS Emulator for Platform Independence & Embedded System Development – Master OS Development. Lawrence, USA[rdp-wiki-embed url='https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameerika_%C3%9Chendriigid'] More: R&D Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-436-2.
- ↑ Hall, James F. (1994-09-17). "Free-DOS alpha release to sunsite". Newsgroup: comp.os.msdos.misc. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
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Further reading
- MacCallum, Scott C., ed. (Summer–Fall 2004). "Interview with FreeDOS Creator Jim Hall" (PDF). PHRAINE – Computer Technology Enlightenment Without the Noise. Vol. 1, no. 2(4). pp. 3–6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
- Wohlscheid, John Paul, ed. (2017-11-21). "Interview with FreeDOS Founder and Lead Dev Jim Hall". It's FOSS. Archived from the original on 2023-09-30. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- Proven, Liam, ed. (2023-01-18). "Founder of FreeDOS recounts the story so far, and the future – What is dead may never die, and it's all thanks to Jim Hall". OSes. The Register. London, UK: Situation Publishing. Archived from the original on 2023-09-30. Retrieved 2023-09-30.