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From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: it would be nice
Summary: Making nice with the Amiga people
Keywords: multitasking Amiga peace
Message-ID: <1990Sep20.142509.25542@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 20 Sep 90 14:25:09 GMT
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First: I like the ST line.  I like Amigas.  I have friends with both kinds of
machines.  Let's stay friendly: we're between iAPX machines of the past and new
architectures of the future (I think VLIW will beat RISC in the end, but that
argument is for another time and place.....)
   Thing about Amiga multitasking is that it was introduced slightly buggy at a
time when the applications weren't really obvious.  Now it seems to be pretty
solid and the applications are ready, or close to ready.
   Fortunately for the ST line, people inside and (mostly) outside Atari have
obviously been watching.  Right now I'd guess ST multitasking is about even
with IBM PC multitasking: if you know enough and care enough you can make it
work.  
                                       Steve J.