Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: <1991May5.020834.19090@sugar.hackercorp.com> Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX References: <8b6Gw!m+1@cs.psu.edu> <11710@uwm.edu> <0o9Gv_t+1@cs.psu.edu> Date: Sun, 5 May 1991 02:08:34 GMT In article <0o9Gv_t+1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > Here is the size of Improv and its help. > -rwxr-xr-x 1 me wheel 1668841 Jan 23 09:57 Improv* > -rw-r--r-- 1 me wheel 1397626 Jan 23 09:57 bbqref.hlp Barf. That's more than triple the memory of most Amigas right there, and that's before you include shared libraries, BSS, etc... No wonder NeXT needs 16 MB to be happy. My UNIX box is happy with 4 MB and could get along with 2, and PC folks consider *that* a hog. Some people like Caddilacs. Some people like Corvettes. But most people are quite satisfied with a Chevy. > To much for you to handle? Amiga users have such high standards. To > bad the game companies are the only ones that can deliver products to > your satisfaction. Pity Commodore doesn't have a black budget. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .