Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!brahms.udel.edu!don From: don@chopin.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life. Message-ID: <16954@chopin.udel.edu> Date: 20 Apr 91 16:24:05 GMT References: <47402@ut-emx.uucp> Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 27 In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >In article judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma) writes: > > I thought improvements in OS's made them faster. Why is this slower? It > suretook them long enough to release it? > >And how long has it taken Commdore to go from 1.3 to 2.0, which still >isn't available on any computer except the A3000? > Less time than it's taken Apple to get System 7.0 working; Commodore hasn't made several official announcements of its availability "next month", or whenever, only to push that date back shortly afterwards. Someone I know who has dealings with both Apple and Commodore on a regular basis told me that for Apple to consider an OS upgrade releasable, they require it to be compatible with 65% of existing software. Commodore sets its requirements up around 90-95%. I have a feeling there'll be a lot of unhappy Mac users who upgrade as soon as it's released & find that their most important application die. -- Gibberish May the Publications Editor, AmigaNetwork is spoken fork() be Amiga Student On-Campus Consultant, U of D here. with you. DISCLAIMER: It's all YOUR fault.