Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!solo.csci.unt.edu!vaxb.acs.unt.edu!news From: wright@etsuv2.etsu.edu (BRIAN WRIGHT) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: Kickstart 2.0 Message-ID: <1991Apr24.001827.46301@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> Date: 24 Apr 91 05:03:57 GMT Reply-To: wright%etsuv2.etsu.edu@ricevm1.rice.edu Organization: East Texas State University Lines: 48 Nntp-Posting-Host: etsuv2.etsu.edu In article , re0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ronald William Ely) writes... > > 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? Yes, some programs do make use of 2.0's features, but most of the commercial products also work on 1.3 as well. There are some 2.0 only PD/shareware out there, but that is only a very small percentage of stuff out there. > 2.0 *IS* ready or else they wouldn't be shipping it in the 3000. I disagree totally. I have had my 3000 since July 1990. 2.0 has undergone some changes that have made it more and more useable. It still does have bugs that if put into ROM would really cause some flame wars here. I'd prefer to let Commodore work out the bugs to avoid any type arguments of that sort. Something which isn't needed and something that could work out to the detriment of 2.0 and not help it. Let's let Commodore finish it! >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. They aren't doing that, even though it may look like it. They are holding 2.0 as it is NOT ready yet (at least the version I am running). Who knows what their latest BETA (GAMMA?) version of the 2.0 is now. I can only assume that most of the bugs have been fixed in whatever version they are currently working on. Let's hope that it will be released soon. > I WANT MY 2.0!!! I WANT MY PRODUCTIVITY MODE!!! >I WANT TO SEE A GREEN GURU!!! I think that I would much rather see 'I WANT MY 2.0" messages than 'I can't believe this BUG I found today. I can't believe Commodore etc....' > Ron Ely -------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wright wright%etsuvax2@ricevm1.rice.edu or wright@etsuvax2.bitnet --------------------------------------------------------------