Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hplabsz!renglish From: renglish@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Bob English) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Sun's Competitive Strategy (Was: Re: P1754 Message-ID: <6330@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> Date: 7 Dec 90 00:25:11 GMT References: <2764@cirrusl.UUCP> <3+_7KS1@xds13.ferranti.com> <1990Dec6.035617.4873@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: renglish@hplabsz.UUCP (Bob English) Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Lines: 14 In article fargo@iear.arts.rpi.edu (Irwin M. Fargo) writes: >My point, simply, is that in most cases, MS-DOS, by being poorly designed, >has provoked developers to bypass the OS and give more horsepower to the >user. On the other hand, one could make a strong case a poorly designed OS provokes developers to bypass the OS and get more horsepower from the hardware, thus making it difficult to take advantage of future advances in hardware technology, discouraging innovation, and slowing progress for all concerned. --bob-- renglish@hplabs "If I owned the company, even the door handles would be cool." Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com