Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!midway!msuinfo!frith.egr.msu.edu!griffin From: griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu (Danny Griffin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga in the Workforce Message-ID: <1991May25.042959.12386@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Date: 25 May 91 04:29:59 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> <1991May24.145855.43 Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 37 ptavoly@cs.ruu.nl (Peter Tavoly) writes: >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. I think that is an answer. :) We use MS-DOG machines at work, and I had to wait 45 minutes one day to transfer data from a hard drive to a floppy so I could take it home because of the single-tasking OS. IMHO, Windows is awful (we don't use it anyway and most of our machines are original ATs), and PC-MIX and others don't always work for all applications. Besides, you talk about learning curves and resistance from MS-DOS people, going those routes are not any easier. Did you ever try to configure Windows? Microsoft is going to launch a new program to install Windows with Windows 3.1 for gosh sakes! They are thinking about implementing a certification program!! This is easy? I have had resisitance when I tried to install 4DOS just so I could get command line history and editing and aliases. What could be easier than the elegant AmigaOS - flipping between screens and CLIs with dmouse? I spend 8 hours a day sometimes helping people with problems that would be non-problems on an Amiga. You were talking about business. I see the bottom line as 'how can I be more productive'? -- Dan Griffin griffin@frith.egr.msu.edu