Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:28046 comp.sys.amiga:32904 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-winken!uunet!littlei!omepd!griff From: griff@intelob.intel.com (Richard Griffith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: OS/2 vs AmigaDOS Message-ID: Date: 28 Apr 89 13:46:13 GMT References: <2134@iitmax.IIT.EDU> <9412@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Sender: news@omepd.UUCP Organization: BiiN Information Systems, Hillsboro, Oregon Lines: 59 In-reply-to: bmacintyre@watcgl.waterloo.edu's message of 27 Apr 89 14:21:04 GMT In article <9412@watcgl.waterloo.edu> bmacintyre@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre) writes: > No, that's not it ... see above! > > It basically has more too it! Of course, as my friend put it (mostly > jokingly :-) "It sells memory!!!!" ^^^^^^^ I wouldn't be too sure about "joking" here.... It seems that `round about the time OS/2 was supposed to be delivered, MicroSoft had completed the OS, handed it off to IBM for their "Seal of Approval" - The OS ran, was relatively compact, quite nice. IBM said - Rewrite it, it isn't structured. As you and I both know, the one thing in software that is most difficult to write structured is an OS, not impossible, but difficult. And it tends to grow. ALOT! Now I ask you - What does IBM sell? Do they sell software? or hardware? Obviously the latter (in the PC market). So it is not quite the joke - IBM, together with MicroSoft is hoodwinking all those people who sank their business bucks into the PC into thinking they absolutely HAVE to buy 4 megs of memory to run "the new standard for Operating Systems" - I have to hand it to them - it's quite a scam. Now - for us Amigaphiles to cut into their pie, all that is really needed is to show the business people the following: 1) I (Putting on my Businessperson hat) can translate *all* my precious data to a format that Amiga can use. Documents, data bases, and (Most importantly, since this is how my "Business" keeps track of how to pay me :-) my Spreadsheets. 2) The Operating system and Filing system are solid and robust. 3) The I/O routines are *fast*, supporting 5 1/4" (being able to read "IBM format" as an option), 3 1/2", HD of every size, and Tapes. CD read/write is a plus. 4) My secretary can easily use any software I buy. (Classes are OK) 5) Last, but not least, It has to be CHEAP! Cheaper than upgrading to OS/2. (That's not so hard, remember - we're not talking just memory here - OS/2's Presentation Manager *requires* VGA graphics have you priced a Multisync monitor lately??) (Whew! Sorry about the long post, but like many Amiga lovers, any mention of the Stupidity of upgrading any PC to OS/2 drives me into the "Will you *LOOK* at what your doing, you idiot?!?!?", you know, the kind of reaction you have when someone sticks a screwdriver into a big power panel that's still turned on....:-) OS/2 - Half an Operating System for TWICE the price! - griff -- * Richard E. Griffith * Cyrus Hammerhand * * "griff" * Household of the Golden Wolf * * BiiN, Hillsboro Ore. * Dragons' Mist * * UUCP: ...[!uunet]!tektronix!biin!griff * An Tir * ************************************************************************** * These are MY opinions, if BiiN wanted them, They'd pay for `em! *