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- From: kinnunen@stekt.oulu.fi (Teijo Kinnunen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: OS features
- Date: 13 Jan 1996 09:44:05 GMT
- Organization: University of Oulu, Department of Electrical Engineering, Finland
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- Ruud Dingemans (rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl) wrote:
-
- > TK> But there's a good alternative for those Windows users who want to run
- > TK> their programs savely, NT, which runs most of Win software.
- > TK> Unfortunately, there's no 'AmigaOS NT', and every Amiga user is stuck
- > TK> with an oldish, unsecure OS.
-
- > Ahem, your analogy on the availability of good alternatives seems a
- > bit crippled. Ever hear of Amiga Linux or Amiga NetBSD Unix? Works
- > fine on my "oldish" A2000, I can tell you.
-
- Sure, the key difference here is that neither of these can run
- applications written for AmigaOS, while NT can run most of the old
- Win apps.
-
- > On an Amiga, you can have
- > an OS with all the features you seem to want - Unix - and it's here
- > right now, and for free, including XWindows. Ok, you need a 32-bit
- > CPU/Amiga, but 68000's were 'out' since 1991.
-
- There's no point in having an Amiga to run, say, Linux (unless also
- Amiga apps are used). PCs can provide better hardware for less money.
-
- > Nevertheless, I agree that the OS should be updated and have at least
- > some form of MP.
-
- AmigaOS is the only advantage the Amiga still has. And Windows has
- been catching up rapidly. If AmigaOS isn't considerably updated to
- match today's OS specifications, then this only advantage will be
- lost.
-
- - Teijo
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