Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!digi.lonestar.org!rgoseweh From: rgoseweh@digi.lonestar.org (Roy Gosewehr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TOS 2.0 Summary: Use NeoDesk / DCDesktop Keywords: TOS NEODESK DCDESKTOP ROMS Message-ID: <1238@digi.lonestar.org> Date: 6 Nov 90 16:52:15 GMT References: <35495@cup.portal.com> Organization: DSC Communications, Plano Tx. Lines: 48 In article mboen@nixdorf.de (Martin Boening) writes: > >A diskbased TOS would be just the same: release TOS 3.0 and sell it without >having to burn it into ROMS. The fix some bugs and upgrade to TOS 3.1 for >a more or less substantial fee. Again, no hassle with ROMS, quick turnout, >and many more people would buy it since it's so easy to install. When sales >drop of, fix some more or less trivial bugs and upgrade .... > >Some day in the future you release TOS 4.0, 5.0, etc. And always there'll be >bugs to fix, features to add, upgrades to sell ... And all a lot easier than >with ROM based systems. > >Yeah. >Martin Differing Opinion: - I happen to like having TOS in ROM. The machine boots faster and is less susceptible to viruses. (This is a MAJOR benifit, IMHO.) - Upgrading to TOS 1.4 was no hassle. I took my machine down to the Atari dealer [I realize a lot of folks have no local dealer :-( ] and got it back the next day with TOS 1.4. Cost me $100 which is about what going out and buying the new MSDOS 4.xx would cost. Also, I don't upgrade (any OS) just because a new version comes out. (For example, I would just as soon stay with MS-DOS 3.3 as buy 4.xx.) I suspect a lot of people might be in this category, so why bother if it is not a MAJOR improvement. - If you want new features or functions, buy NeoDesk or DC Desktop. Neodesk 3.0 (even 2.05) is fantastic. Although I have not seen "TOS 2.0", I would be willing to bet the NeoDesk 3 compares very favorably (probably even against TT TOS). DC Desktop enhances the existing desktop with add-on modules that add many useful features. Both are excellent pieces of software. - I don't understand why everyone keeps banging on Atari to release the TT TOS for the ST/STE. First of all, that would impact both Gribnif (NeoDesk) and Double Click (DC Desktop). We already know how few GOOD developers support the ST market, why make it tougher. Secondly, if Atari came out with the TT TOS at (say) $70-$100, who would buy it? The same people that are NOT willing to spend $30-$50 on either NeoDesk or DC Desktop? Yeah, sure. I just had to get this "off my chest". :-) Please send flames to /dev/null. R.C.Gosewehr