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From: dtiberio@libws3.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
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Subject: Re: Sorry Guys, There is NO WAY!
Keywords: AMIGA 3000 vs NEXT
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Date: 5 Dec 90 19:53:34 GMT
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   Again I hear how easy it is to develop on a Next...even easier than a
MAC, easier than Amiga, IBM, and UNIX.

  WELL, I can sure say that learning to use UNIX is a big pain! They tell me
I can multitask...sure, I can exit the program I am working on and blah blah
blah...

  Nothing beats the Amiga as far as ease of USE. As far as ease of programming,
I would suggest the Amiga ten thousand zillion times before a Mac or a NEXT!
Why? 

 Why do you go to school? To learn. Would you learn if everything was fed to
you from a silver platter aka Next?

  I learned UNIX because I had exposure to the CLI of the Amiga. I think I
am right in guessing that the CLI was modeled after UNIX. 

  The Amiga let me learn programming slowly and at my own pace. When I 
didn't know CLI, I could still actually use my computer without wondering 
what the heck I was doing. On an IBM I would totally lost. On a Mac I would
see no challenge. A person who develops on the Next will NEVER learn what 
makes the machine tick. He may as well still wear diapers.

  I no longer write window based software. I write CLI programs, then 
develop them into window based software. I write my brains out in CLI, let
everyone use my program, and slowly adapt it to meet the window environment.

  I can only begin to imagine how limited the Next is in the development of
creativity. Look at how easy the Mac is to use, and look at how boring and
disgusting all of the menus and requesters are! (: - mutated happe face.

David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3605  AMIGA  Toto Productions  DDD Men