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On Sunday June 28 2009 the FreeDOS Project will turn 15 years old. For a little trip down memory lane In 1994 I was a physics student at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Most of my work up to that time had been done using DOS. But then Microsoft announced they were moving off DOS in the next release of Windows which would be Windows 95. So I started an effort to recreate DOS. PD-DOS was announced to the world on June 28 1994. The idea seemed immediately popular and we grew quickly. By July 16 1994 we changed our name to "Free-DOS" and "FreeDOS" in 1996 when Pat Villani published his book about the kernel. Today FreeDOS is used by people all around the world. You can find FreeDOS in many different places: emulators playing old DOS games business ... even bundled with laptops and netbooks: http: technologizer.com 2009 06 23 hps-mini-5101-netbook-deluxe-with-all-the-trimmings How you celebrate the 15 anniversary of FreeDOS is up to you. I d appreciate it if you could help someone install FreeDOS either on a spare PC or in a virtual machine. For myself I ll be going out with friends and raise a glass to the great small OS that is FreeDOS