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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: OS features
- Date: 28 Jan 1996 18:47:25 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- Olaf Barthel (olsen@sourcery.han.de) wrote:
- : > That is a given, of course. CBM touted themselves as only trying to break even
- : > on the os, any glimmer of what AT's attitude towards that would be?
-
- : Commodore saw itself primarily as a hardware manufacturer. The OS was a
- : byproduct and it was treated as such. AT has already stated in public that they
- : want to develop the AmigaOS in such a way as to make it applicable across
- : PowerPC platforms. This pushes the company more into the direction of a software
- : manufacturer. With this attitude, the OS development and marketing would have
- : to be profitable.
-
- Would you say that AT will try and compete with MS with regards to the os?
- Will the use of roms for half the os hinder that in a large way? Would roms
- be required for all PowerPC machines? Does the CDROM thing look different in
- this light?
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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