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From: mdg@macs.UUCP (Mark Griffith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: OS/2 vs AmigaDOS
Message-ID: <21187637@macs.UUCP>
Date: 10 May 89 13:32:50 GMT
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Organization: Stetson University, DeLand FL
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In article <2755@csccat.UUCP>, jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler) writes:
> 
> Jesus! some people. IF a 6809 is so damn good then why don't we see more
> of them. I have programed under OS9 and UNIFLEX, and let me tell you,
> that they cannot hold a candle to OS/2 in feature/performance! 
> So don't cry to us! blame it on SWTP. they wanted to stay small..
> and they still are! As for OS9 for 80x86?? It will be just like
> any other operating system try to horn in on this market, and they 
> will still be small potatos.

I was waiting for this one.  Come on, give me a break.  I didn't say
anything about the CPU, just the OS.  I thought this discussion was
about micro-computers and multitasking, i.e., which of the new breed is
better than the other.

I can only base my opinion (which is only an opinion) upon what others
and friends have told me about OS/2 and what I have read.  I can't base
it on any fact since I have never used OS/2.  Since I didn't say
anything against it (OS/2) or the CPU's it runs on, I guess I didn't
talk about anything I didn't know about.

All I said was multi-tasking on micros has been around for a long time
and you do not need megabytes of memory to do it on.  Of course, the
more you have the better it is.  What I did say was I thought it was
kinda cute that MicroSoft and Commodore see fit to re-invent something
that has been around for years, and then claim they thought of it first.
Sorta like the companies that are asking for copyright on file name
extensions.

Microware (makers of OS9) are not trying to hone in on the OS market.
They are simply providing an alternative solution that in many persons
opinions is better than what is available.  If you or others choose to
use OS/2 or AmigaDos, then I'm glad you feel comfortable with it and are
happy with your choice.  I wouldn't make the same.

As for not seeing OS9 around, it is there in many areas that you and I
never see.  It is not a premiere OS for personal or business computers,
and it probably never will be.  But then NASA didn't pick DOS to run the
Shuttle computers with either.  I do think though that computer users
will start seeing more about OS9 in the near future.

Finally, I sometimes think many DOS and Amiga users hate the mention of
OS9 so much because it does what everyone else says can't be done.....
at least in the limited resources that it can work in.

Take care,


/\/\ark

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