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From: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
Message-ID: <19@ryptyde.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jun 91 09:39:32 GMT
References: <1991Jun4.003619.3661@news.iastate.edu> <1991Jun4.025024.823@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1991Jun4.105736.15468@news.iastate.edu> <1991Jun4.230303.25634@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Reply-To: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy)
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Responding to the following:

"(instead of OpenScreen[Tags]) will most likely break. It's not
all that unreasomable to require developers to update and support their
software for new features in an OS. Look at Apple, their compatibility
% of System 7.0 is worse than ADOS 2.0. Even Excel didn't work under
7.0, but I bet an update/patched copy of Excel will be out very soon.
Every once is a while backwards compatibility needs to be discarded
for increased functionality otherwise you'll end up like MS-DOS."

I don't agree. Compatibility doesn't NEED to be discarded in order to add
a lot of functionality to an OS. Look at System 7.0 (yes, System 7.0). 
Apple has been warning developers about the changes in System 7.0 since
1986, and as a result, System 7.0 is a VERY stable platform. You obviously
know nothing of Macintosh software and are making things up just to support
your claims. God, Excel was not only "compatible" with System 7.0, but before
Sys7 was even released it was programmed to take advantage of the new 
resources in the OS! And even before Excel 3.0 (Excel 2.2), Excel is 
compatible with System 7. I don't know what drugs you're smoking (ego?).
Of course, it IS hard to maintain an OS that was written as brain-dead as
MS-DOS. 

"  Finder is nothing more than a program loader. It reminds me of
the boot menu I had on my C128, or GEOS on the 64."

The Finder is nothing more than a program loader? You DON'T use Macintosh's
(obviously), so don't make claims you can't back up. If you think the Finder
is so weak and restricting, how about we compare it to Workbench? That's a
joke. The Amiga generally has a superior OS, but the Macintosh has superior
resources and features. Of course, this follows my computing philosophy.
I'm not a speed freak, and I'm willing to sacrifice some speed for increased
functionality. More power. Power is NOT speed, and the Amiga generally lacks
a lot of it because it's not very innovative in comparison.