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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga mentality cont'd
Message-ID: <1691@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 12 Apr 90 13:44:00 GMT
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JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:

>In article <1342@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>, lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry
>Phillips) says:
>>It is my sincere wish that the Amiga never becomes another Mac, just
>>as it is the sincere wish of many or most Mac proponents that the Mac
>>never becomes another Amiga.

>Unfortunately, while I agree with this wholeheartedly, I must say I think it
>is coming about that both machines are growing uncomfortably similar as time
>goes on.

>Fact:  The Mac IIfx has duplicated the Amiga's style of using support chips
>       for I/O, and other tasks to relieve the CPU of such tedium
>Fact:  WB 1.4 is going to have a drawer where you put programs that will be
>       run upon startup.  (sound like a Macintosh CDEV to you?  Does to me.)

FACT: AmigaDOS has always had this to some extent. The S: directory is
where all startup stuff goes, and where execute looks for batch files if
it's not in the current directory. This is not a big deal. But it will
make things easier for WB users I guess.

>These are just two examples among many.  The Mac is copying Amiga in hardware,
>Amiga is copying Mac in software.

Sheesh, don't say stuff like that even in jest, that's all we need is
Apple sueing Amiga. They are nothing alike. No more than either is like
Xwindows, or OS/2 windows. They both have Icons and a mouse and windows
but they are different.

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