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From: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: GEMDOS History
Message-ID: <3046@drivax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 88 23:40:13 GMT
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Reply-To: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander)
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Landon Dyer's summary is accurate in the broad sense, although some
of the unimportant details weren't quite right.

I think it's a mistake to blame just one individual for the problems
with GEMDOS.  For sure, having programmers that aren't motivated to
produce good work doesn't help.  But that project also suffered from
extremely tight, over-optimistic schedules that couldn't be met
without compromising quality.

Maybe DRI marketing types thought the Atari deal would bring them the
glory and bucks they lost when Microsoft got in good with IBM.  Frankly,
it didn't work.  After reality set in, it was apparent that DRI would
never make much money off the Atari.  That's probably why they never
put much effort into really fixing GEMDOS.

Disclaimer: I don't speak for DRI.  These are my own opinions
and observations.
-- 
Mark Alexander	...{hplabs,seismo,sun,ihnp4}!amdahl!drivax!alexande
"Bob-ism: the Faith that changes to meet YOUR needs." -- Bob