Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!think.com!yale!venus!yalevm!maine!io91461 From: IO91461@MAINE.BITNET (Tom Nezwek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: Kickstart 2.0 Message-ID: <91112.172405IO91461@MAINE.BITNET> Date: 22 Apr 91 21:24:05 GMT References: <1292@screamer.csee.usf.edu> <1991Apr22.084438.1975@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl> Organization: University of Maine System Lines: 32 Its pretty obvious that Commodore is draging its feet by not releasing the New OS to 500/2000/2500 owners. This concept of "You must purchase an Amiga 3000 to get wb2.0" just plain sucks and I'm sure 90% of the amiga users feel the same way. If wb2.0 is stable enough to risk the success of their premeir, top of the line Amiga 3000, then its sure the hell stable enough to market to those users who are willing to accept its unforeseen bugs. What will it cost to market a pre-release consisting of a manual and three disks? Surely, they will make a profit selling such a package for say $79.99. I sure would buy it. Commodore may claim that this would create undo problems stemming from the need to upgrade these disks from time to time.. But why would it be any different from the way the 3000 owners get their upgrades.. Commodore could simply pass along these updates to its dealers just as they do with the 3000 update versons. So we are faced with the same choices again: Buy an Amiga 3000 or suffer.. And don't let us catch you running a developer's version on your 500/2000/2500... I think its a real shitty the way Commodore has with-held the new OS from its origonal supporters.. And I'm even sicker of hearing from certain 3000 owners who love to flaunt the fact that they have wb2.0 to users who have been patiently waiting for over a year. They even act so 'rightous' as to preach to others that 'The only people who should be using wb2.0 on a 500/2000/2500 are the developers and all others are immoral.' My conclusions: (1) At this point Commodore is merely pissing off its origonal supporters by with-holding the new OS. (We waited long enough!) (2) Amiga 3000 users shouldn't rub in or flaunt the fact that they have the new OS in front of those who are patiently waiting. -Tom Nezwek PS: can't wait for Commodore to tell me that I'm wrong, their right, and that I have no bussiness voicing my oppinion.