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From: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: OS/2 vs AmigaDOS
Message-ID: <13646@ncoast.ORG>
Date: 14 May 89 20:30:29 GMT
References: <2134@iitmax.IIT.EDU> <9412@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <GRIFF.89Apr28084613@intelob.intel.com> <21187634@macs.UUCP> <2755@csccat.UUCP>
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As quoted from <2755@csccat.UUCP> by jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler):
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| In article <21187634@macs.UUCP> mdg@macs.UUCP (Mark Griffith) writes:
| <Gee.....we folks that have been running OS-9 on microcomputers for some
| <six or seven years now really get a kick out of the "new kids on the
| <block" boasting about the abilities of their systems.
| 
| 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! 
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Duh.  People, may I remind you that the 6809 is to the 68000 as the Z-80 is
to the 8080; i.e. it's not the OS that can't compete, it's the *processor*.
Have you worked with the 680x0 version of OS-9?  For that matter, you might
as well compare Unix to the multitasking OS that Morrow Designs used to sell
for its "big" Z-80 boxes, or to MP/M on a Z-80 (I've used it).

OS-9 was inspired by Motorola, so the chances of an 80386 version are slight.
A Mac version is much more likely, and is much more likely to give OS/2 a
run for its money.  (Especially if done right... something which *can't* be
said for A/UX.)

++Brandon
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