Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rphroy!cfctech!teemc!sycom!rkushner From: rkushner@sycom.UUCP (Ronald Kushner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Information on Amiga Technical Reference Seri Message-ID: Date: 20 Jun 91 03:12:18 GMT References: <3036@public.BTR.COM> <22455@cbmvax.commodore.com> <3096@public.BTR.COM><22539@cbmvax.commodore.com> Organization: Michigan Information eXchange Lines: 24 peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna) writes: > >I agree there would be some benefit to some developers, for the source >code. On the other hand, just look at the reams of wonderful software >written for Amigas, MACs, Windows, etc. that do not have source code >available. There are plenty of developers out there capable of doing >fine work without source, and a good thing too. The cost to Commodore >in terms of what it will do to the future of the OS and the hardware >is significantly greater than any benefit you imagine might be reaped. > If the source was avaiable, I would be very worried that companies like MicroSoft or Apple with interests in destroying the future of the machine could put alot of programming effort into really cool applications that abuse routines and their side affects or flaws, and encourage others to do the same, just to cripple the evolution of the operating system. It just seems like a good way to slowly kill the competition... -- C-UseNet V0.42e Ronald Kushner Life in Hell BBS +1 (313) 939-6666 P.O. Box 353 14400 USR HST V.42 & V.42bis Sterling Heights, MI 48311-0353 Complete Amiga Support UUCP: uunet!umich!vela!sycom!rkushner (We are not satanic, just NUTS!) I KNOW, I LISTEN TO MARK SCOTT