Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: Kickstart 2.0 Message-ID: <47745@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 24 Apr 91 00:03:48 GMT References: Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 60 [Once again, followups to .advocacy, please. And yes, I read it. I'm not just trying to get rid of this thread, but we created a group for it...] In article re0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ronald William Ely) writes: > > 2.0 should have been released for the 2*00/500 a long time ago. >I got my 2000 last year (2 weeks before the ed. plan started. *groan*) with >the understanding that it would be easier to upgrade. I am now getting the >distinct impression that the wonderful folks at commodore are intentionally >holding 2.0 back from me because they want everyone to just buy 3000's. >Don't get me wrong, I'm all for that, but I don't happen to have $3000 >laying around. I don't want to insult you, but that's about the most outrageous thing I've ever heard. If I were not bound by a contract I signed with the good people at CATS, I could tell you plenty of legitimate reasons why 2.0 has not yet been released for machines < 3000. What I _can_ tell you is that they are not holding anything back. They are working _hard_ people. If you can't appreciate that, go buy a Macintrash. > Some developers are already beginning to "take advantage of >the capabilities of the new OS." In other words, they are writing software >that I cannot run on my machine. Not that I blame them, I wish I had >all those wonderful built in features for my programs. But until it is >available to more than 3% of the user base, how can we expect good >programmers to use these features in software that can actually be used? Actually, a number of programs will work under 1.3 but use the extra features of 2.0 when available. Other than that, most of them manage 2.0 features (like addtools). The actual number of utilities that are useful for other-than-2.0 stuff that work only under 2.0 is pretty small. > 2.0 *IS* ready or else they wouldn't be shipping it in the 3000. Ask a 3000 owner what software doesn't work under 2.02 (the latest release for the 3000). >The only reason I can think of that they haven't released it for the rest of >us is that they want to influence people to upgrade to 3000's instead of >buying 3rd party gadgets to enhance their old systems. I hope this is >wrong, I'd hate to think commodore would pull a sleezy marketing trick >on what is probably the most loyal user base any computer company >has ever enjoyed. Like I said above, that's outrageous. Commodore is not known for their marketing decisions, but that's pushing it quite a bit. Besides, they're getting much better lately. > I WANT MY 2.0!!! I WANT MY PRODUCTIVITY MODE!!! >I WANT TO SEE A GREEN GURU!!! All I can say is RSN... > Ron Ely Greg -- Greg Harp |"I was there to match my intellect on national TV, | against a plumber and an architect, both with a PhD." greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu| -- "I Lost on Jeopardy," Weird Al Yankovic