Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art, but the NeXT is better Message-ID: <1991Apr2.192023.26598@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 2 Apr 91 19:20:23 GMT References: <7827@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> <86aJZ2w164w@ozonebbs.UUCP> Distribution: usa Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 17 In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > True, this is why it's nice to use a machine that uses a 15 mip 68040 > in its base model. During the NeXT several years, developers can > assume this where the NeXT is concerned, but they will have to develop > for the A500 when they program on the Amiga. Of course, most > developers probably aren't going to bother with the Amiga at all. No. Most developers will continue to develop for MS-DOS and Windows. The NeXT and Amiga are both way back in the race, with the Mac in an intermediate position (and holding it largely through the clever use of lawyers). All the arguments about the technical excellence of the NeXT apply equally well to the technical excellence of the Amiga over the past 5 years. See how well that's worked... -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .