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- From: "Olaf Barthel" <olsen@sourcery.han.de>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 14:11:42 +0100
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- Subject: Re: OS features
- Message-ID: <13213534@sourcery.han.de>
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- In Article <4eggbt$hpm@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>, Byron Montgomerie <bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> wrote:
- > 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?
-
- Don't get me wrong: any company to sell an operating system for the
- PowerPC platform will have to compete with companies who do just the same.
-
- > Will the use of roms for half the os hinder that in a large way?
-
- I don't know.
-
- > Would roms be required for all PowerPC machines?
-
- I have no idea.
-
- > Does the CDROM thing look different in this light?
-
- It would certainly make distribution easier.
-
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