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From: jcb@frisbee.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Becker)
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Subject: Re: Single user OSs (How wrong is MS-DOS?)
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Date: 9 Jan 91 19:41:28 GMT
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jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka) writes:

    ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:

    >I'd like to butt in and suggest that this discussion about merits
    >of PC operating systems is on completely the wrong track.


    Boy, you would LOVE the Amiga Operating System Device drivers with
    a consistent standardized interface.  Each one supports things
    like Read, Write, Open, Close, plus any device specific commands.
    For example, the serial.device has a command to set parameters,
    like baud.....


Yes,  the  Amiga  has  plenty  when  it  comes  to  great hardware and
software.  It  just  doesn't have a company that gives it the longterm
efforts needed for success. It's been a great machine,  for  the  past
five years. 

Before  you  flame me too bad, I tried to create and make a living off
of multi-media on the Amiga between 1985 and 1987. The computer itself
was  great for the time, and perhaps still is great for the 90's.  But
the antics of the parent company, Commodore, pretty much did it's best
to  piss  off  all the Fanatics and Developers as time passed. There's
still  plenty of interest in the machine, but it's mostly just another
wave rather than anyone originally programming for the machine.

On a postive note, I'm glad to see that  CBM  has  recognized  the  MM
potential for the Amy, and wish them the best of luck  for  the  CDTV.
Now if they just did it four years ago we would still be talking..

-Jim Becker
 (ex-pres Terrapin Software [now extinct])
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