Wow, talk about dwelling on the past! Regardless, FreeDOS has indeed hit a real milestone today. It seems that the OS has nailed version 1.0.

After years of work, version 1.0 of FreeDOS is now available for download from the project team’s Web site.

The operating system can be installed on a PC and used to run DOS programs. It can also be used in embedded devices such as cash registers.
The FreeDOS project began 12 years ago, after Microsoft released the last official standalone version of MS-DOS.

“FreeDOS 1.0 is a major milestone that has finally been released. By now, we have a stable and viable MS-DOS replacement,” the project team said this week. Recent improvements to the package include long file name support in several applications, including a free CD-ROM driver, FAT32 file system support within the kernel and most other applications, and improved stability within the HIMEM device driver and EMM386 memory manager…. Source: News.com