Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!rulway.LeidenUniv.nl!rulcvx.LeidenUniv.nl!breemen From: breemen@rulcvx.LeidenUniv.nl (E. van Breemen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Kickstart 2.0 Message-ID: <1991Apr22.084438.1975@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl> Date: 22 Apr 91 08:44:38 GMT References: <1292@screamer.csee.usf.edu> Sender: root@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl (System PRIVILEGED Account) Organization: Leiden University, the Netherlands. Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: rulcvx.leidenuniv.nl I have read about the kickstart 2.0 talk. In my opinion Commodore should give the Kickstart 2.0 free (in a disk form and their latest version) to say ab20.. In this way everyone can test it who wants to. If the final (rom-) releases are there, you can buy the official one. Commodore will then be able to control the Kickstart disease by releasing official copies and not be confronted by hacked versions. My current interest is to check if my own written software will run under 2.0. If I don't have 2.0 I can't check it, or worse I can't guarantee the proper working of my programs under 2.0. This is a situation that Commodore certainly wants to avoid if it wants people to change their kickstart from 1.2/1.3 to 2.0. An answer could be: why are you not a developer? Simply I think it is a lot of money ($75 or so) for a student just to test its sotfware. You have to pay this every year until 2.0 is released finally. I am waiting almost 1 year for 2.0. I hope I can buy 2.0 before I buy my next computer (My 500 is becoming more or less stone aged). Commodore should not delay everything so much. It should be possible to release 1 new OS every 5 years? Erwin van Breemen Orega Holland