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Re:DOS Subsystem for Linux by scoopertrooper on Friday September 17, 2021 @10:54PM (#28573200)
Finally! I can't wait to try this on one of my many DOS servers.
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Re:DOS Subsystem for Linux by cyberge99 on Friday September 17, 2021 @11:04PM (#28573265)
That’s the joke. ;) Believe it or not they existed (somewhat).
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Re:DOS Subsystem for Linux by indigodaddy on Saturday September 18, 2021 @01:28AM (#28573902)
One of the first ECN trading platforms, Island ECN, written by Josh Levine, ran on DOS. So I guess you could definitely say that was a “DOS server.”

He released the source code a few years ago:

http://www.josh.com/notes/island-ecn-10th-birthday/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_ECN

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Re:DOS Subsystem for Linux by zeckalpha on Saturday September 18, 2021 @12:08AM (#28573619)
And still do
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