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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art
Keywords: Amiga OS
Message-ID: <7827@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 26 Mar 91 02:31:40 GMT
References: <1003@cbmger.UUCP>
Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
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In article <1003@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>Just having scanned through the latest BYTE issue (March issue,
>they seem to use rowing boats to ship here to Europe), I gathered
>more confirmation for the fact that our Amiga OS really is state
>of the art in OSes:

	Now now... let's not get carried away.  The Amiga OS is very, very
nice, that is true.  I like it a lot.  But no way is it "state of the art"
in the 1990's!

	For example, it doesn't have:

		-	Virtual memory
		-	Memory protection
		-	Resource tracking
		-	Multi-user capabilities

Even if it did, these ideas are *old*, and not "state of the art".

	If you want to see a "state of the art" operating system, take a
look at current research at places like University of Illinois (CHOICES) and
AT&T (various successors to UNIX; I forget the names).

>...BYTE Magazine....

	I don't think BYTE knows shit about "state of the art".  As a PC
magazine, it's OK, but don't judge the future by it. :-)

                                                        Dan

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