Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!jesup
From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Can Amiga reach for the Sun?
Message-ID: <5170@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 88 04:45:46 GMT
References: <6526@xanth.cs.odu.edu> <41435@linus.UUCP>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <41435@linus.UUCP> sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) writes:
>If Hypertek/Silicon Springs can make a GOMF 3.0, why can't Commodore?
>Better yet, maybe they could buy the rights to GOMF 3.0 and bundle it
>with every new Amiga sold.  Ever since I got GOMF (v2.2), the ability
>to smoothly recover from many "Error--Task held" messages without
>rebooting has really added to the feeling of solidity of the operating
>system (and made multitasking much more usable).  It's not as good as
>full resource tracking, but it really helps.

	GOMF is a neat hack.  It can be a useful tool for a developer,
or even a sophisticated user.  It's DEADLY DANGEROUS to a generic or
novice user!

	GOMF may seem to recover you from a situation, but other important
things may have been trashed.  A generic user will say "Oh, it recovered,
I'll start editing my unrecoverable, immensely valuable data", or some such,
and perhaps trashes their entire HD or floppy, or just subtly corrupts
some important data file.

-- 
You've heard of CATS? Well, I'm a member of DOGS: Developers Of Great Software.
Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup