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DR-DOS

Operating System

DR-DOS is a disk operating system for IBM PC compatible computers, originally developed by Digital Research under Gary Kildall and derived from Concurrent PC DOS 6.0, itself an advanced successor of CP/M-86. Introduced in 1988, it was the first operating system that attempted to be compatible with both IBM PC DOS and MS-DOS, competing directly with Microsoft DOS on the same hardware. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
License
Proprietary (Closed Source) 1
Status
Status
Active / In Use 1
Year
1988 1
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In Field

Operating Systems, Fields
Source Wikipedia: DR-DOS

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Proprietary Software, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the license enum value this item already carries, resolved to a software license concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The license fact itself stays on the item unchanged.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: DR-DOS
  • Infobox
    Proprietary
  • Infobox field released
    released = May 28, 1988
  • Infobox, working state: In active development
  • In Field: Operating Systems, Lead paragraph
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Wikidata: DR-DOS
Wikidata Q1046873, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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