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From: ferguson@BKNLVMS.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Giant operating systems
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Date: 31 Mar 88 12:37:00 GMT
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Does anyone think that maybe DOMAIN/OS could start getting smaller?
It's neat to provide three operating systems, but two megabytes
of RAM just to get a window up is a bit much. It seems to me like
a Commodore Amiga can do an awful lot with only a little RAM, and
when you have to scrap it because of OS updates, it only costs you
about a thousand bucks or two.

I know this sounds a little childish, but I'm a bit tired of
planned obsolescence, and I'd like to start getting some constructive
work done instead of scraping up money, installing new equipment,
then finding out that its time for something else. Sorry to
annoy you.

Scott Ferguson