Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!alchemy!ptavoly From: ptavoly@cs.ruu.nl (Peter Tavoly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga in the Workforce Message-ID: <1991May24.145855.4393@cs.ruu.nl> Date: 24 May 91 14:58:55 GMT References: <1991May22.211703.22445@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1991May22.222801.4049@convex.com> <1991May23.012705.24776@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1991May23.083717.1055@cs.ruu.nl> <1991May23.153644.10681@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science Lines: 30 In <1991May23.153644.10681@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) writes: >ptavoly@cs.ruu.nl (Peter Tavoly) writes: > >>... the problem is really simple: Why on earth would I want >>to use an Amiga instead of a PC if I do not need it? > >Ans. The Operating System! That is no answer, the more operating systems you use, the more time you spend interfacing, instead of doing your work. (Even if the particular OS might be 'better') Only if you substitute one OS for another, that might make sense. But the possibility of large companies giving up MS-DOS (or System x) is unlikely for some time to come. Interfacing (above) means not only linking the machines and/or OS's but reading documentation etc. as well. There is a learning curve involved (imagine those narrow minded MS-DOS people (it's not their fault!) suddenly thrown into nirvana with AmigaDOS :) and people are lazy by nature (I know, I am :^). >Dan Griffin -ThomasT. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____ Thomas Tavoly, Commercial Computer Science - HEAO Utrecht, NL. / / / "Whoever talks too much, has no time to think." - Peter Tavoly. AMIGA / Favourite quote: "The Mac OS is amazingly complex, ____ / / / .sig v3.0e given how little it does." - Peter da Silva \ \ \/ / / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>> ptavoly@praxis.cs.ruu.nl <<~~~~~~~~~ \_\_\/_/