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From: U3364521@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Lou Cavallo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: The Amiga folklore and AmigaDOS 2.0
Message-ID: <684@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: 5 May 90 10:50:42 GMT
Organization: I.A.E.S.R., Melbourne University
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G'day,

once upon a time in the folklore of Amiga wisdom there was a widely held
opinion that CBM software engineers would write an OS {ostensibly called
AmigaDOS 2.0 :-)} where they got to break "all the rules" ...

I do not suspect that this AmigaDOS 2.0 will be that one mentioned above
but I am curious as to whether the sentiment within CBM still allows for
the construction of an OS where the current ( ? ) problems with resource
sharing, memory protection etc can be fixed. "By breaking the rules" :-)

But seriously, I cannot imagine that CBM could ever introduce very large
backwards compatibility problems (with software/hardware) in any efforts
to gain the advantages of proper resource sharing etc.

Perhaps it is time to update the Amiga folklore with CBM's current think
-ing in these areas?

yours truly,
Lou Cavallo.