Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!bagate!cbmvax!peter From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: Help converting Kick2.0 for A2000 Message-ID: <20798@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 19 Apr 91 23:09:13 GMT References: <59XN18w164w@graphics.rent.com> Reply-To: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna) Organization: Commodore-Amiga, Inc. West Chester, PA. Lines: 27 In article <59XN18w164w@graphics.rent.com> bobl@graphics.rent.com (Bob Lindabury - SysAdm) writes: >nj@magnolia.Berkeley.EDU (Narciso Jaramillo) writes: > >> Piracy is only part of the issue. The other part is that it's >> unhealthy to have beta versions of an operating system floating >> around, both for you and for Commodore. >What? This logic doesn't follow. 2.0 is already out there in >thousands of A3000 computers. It's no different than the A2000 >Developers versions except that the developers versions are *newer* >versions that what's being shipped in current A3000's. So your buggy >beta version theory doesn't wash. You assume that each beta is strictly and absolutely better than the one before it. That's simply not true. There is always a risk that when fixing a bug or adding a new feature, a serious problem can be introduced. If that wasn't true, there would be no reason to send out betas at all (think about it). >-- Bob Peter -- Peter Cherna, Operating Systems Development Group, Commodore-Amiga, Inc. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!peter peter@cbmvax.commodore.com My opinions do not necessarily represent the opinions of my employer. "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."