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From: bmacintyre@watsol.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The USENET Seal of Approval
Keywords: impartial revues?
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Date: 24 Mar 88 15:03:13 GMT
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In article <5646@swan.ulowell.edu> page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) writes:
>Well, looks like I got some attention.
>
>Let me give you my view.  No money is involved AT ALL.  What needs to
>happen:
>
>	   <4 points here :^>
>
>Have I got you interested?

You've got me interested ... I'm tired of programs that aren't well behaved.
For me, anyway, being well-behaved in the Multitasking Environment isn't 
a *bonus*, it's a *requirement* ... if I wanted single-tasking, I would
have bought a <insert any other computer here> or, in the very least, I
wouldn't have bothered with expansion ram.

> < describes why it would work >
>
>It's not important that a coordinator be chosen now.  Why don't we
>come up with a specific list of things to test (as well as specific
>ways in which to test them).  I'll keep the list.

How about:
- hardware: works on the A5000, A1000, A2000 with minimum ram ( only chip )
	    ( minimum ram is only a requirement if the manufacturer doesn't
              state it needs extra ram ),
            with internal fast ram, with external (read: real) fast ram, with
            various 680x0 processors.
- software: don't NEED to boot with its disk, multitasks well, can be used
            from any drive ( df0: df1: dh0: vd0: etc ...), can be started
            from the CLI or Workbench, conforms to the suggested interface
            ( regarding menus, etc. ), frees all resource.

also, any 'Seal of Approval' should state with workbench/kickstart versions
it was approved on - the whole scheme would die if a program that has a
generic 'S of A' didn't work on the next version of either and we didn't 
state that it was only tested on, say, 1.3 :-)
 
a funny thing is, programs that have been around a long time and that
alot of people think are good ( like Marauder ) could fail the tests
( it doesn't multitask, you need to boot with its' disk, etc ...)  8^)

>..Bob
>-- 
>Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept.  page@swan.ulowell.edu  ulowell!page
>		"Nicaragua" is Spanish for "Vietnam."

Lets get this thing going!!!

Blair

ps. in case you care, I have a A1000 with a Spirit 1.5Meg internal ram 
expansion and 2 floppies ( hoping for a hard disk, though ... anyone out there
have a spare $1.5K or so to lend me  ...  :-(  )

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