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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!edmundv
- Date: Fri, 02 Feb 96 20:01:19 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: Amiga 1200 Internet bundle
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- From: edmundv@grafix.xs4all.nl (Edmund Vermeulen)
- Message-ID: <edmundv.4b6n@grafix.xs4all.nl>
- Organization: Grafix Attack BBS Holland
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- On 31 Jan 96 John Hendrikx wrote about 'Re: Amiga 1200 Internet bundle':
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- JH> In a message of 30 Jan 96 Edmund Vermeulen wrote to Marc J. Albrecht:
-
- EV>> By including MUI, Amiga Technologies is effectively dividing the Amiga
- EV>> market in two. This can never be a good thing for them.
-
- JH> How about using a more generic statement:
-
- JH> "By including <product X>, Amiga Technologies is effectively dividing
- JH> the Amiga market in two: Those who like it, and those who dislike it.
- JH> This can never be a good thing for them."
-
- MUI is NOT a generic piece of software. MUI is a software layer on top of the
- OS that is used by other programs. If MUI becomes the standard on the Amiga it
- will be virtually impossible to not use MUI, even if you hate it. AT is forcing
- lots of people to use software that they do not like.
-
- JH> It seems though AT is going to include MUI 3.2 with the internet
- JH> package, which is rumoured to be less demanding on the system than
- JH> earlier versions. As CPU-power and memory-usage are the two main
- JH> problems people have with MUI this may go a long way in making those
- JH> people a little happier.
-
- Yes, I've seen MUI 3.2. It is indeed faster (no complaints here) but it still
- uses about 400K more memory than non-MUI applications to accomplish the same
- task (I'm comparing AWeb and AMosaic here). This is not a good thing, seeing as
- AT's Internet bundle consists of a standard A1200 with 2 MB RAM. MUI wastes a
- lot of memory just so you can have an (arguably) prettier interface that I for
- one do not need or want.
-
- Is it really that difficult to understand that there are people who don't like
- MUI?
-
-
- Greetings, Edmund
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