Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Multitasking (really Mac vs Amiga) Message-ID: <43036@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 24 Jan 91 00:44:32 GMT References: <15992@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) Distribution: comp Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 19 In article <15992@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> writes: >The bottom line is that I couldn't do useful work with what I've >got, and most productivity software on the Amiga is at least well >enough behaved that that is not a problem. No matter how old it >is. Hell, even my attempt at porting 'sc' does better than that. >My local Apple dude tells me "Wait for System 7.0". Yeah. right. >on a 2.5 MB Plus. I hope my IIci comes in soon. OK, I'll buy your conclusion, but did you HAVE to use Microsoft "we don't care what Apple's programming guidelines are and we'll roll our own interface" Excel? I mean, most versions of Excel couldn't deliver the full capabilites of the System (one version required being run in the first meg, then only _part_ of the program had to be). Maybe y'all shouldn't be so hot to get one of the big companies to do bizness apps for the Amiga. "Sure, we'll do Word for your platform." "Hey, look at that; they gave us a way to turn off Multitasking. Bet we could make this program really hum."