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- > > "needs so much patching" ??? Do you know how many different linux kernels
- > > circulate? Better still; AmigaDOS can be patched "on the fly" and doesn't
- > > have to be recompiled.
- > So Linux has to be patched once and AmigaOS every time you boot. I know
- > which way I would choose.
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- AmigaOS, right? As you can keep the clean kickstart as it is, and apply
- and remove (maybe buggy) patches as you see fit. I love it!
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- > > AREXX is a must. Java would be nice too, but just "would be nice to
- > > have it". Check out Python also (see my port on Aminet).
- > Isn't Java under development already?
- >
- > > Popular "trends" should not be part of the OS.
-
- Agree!
-
- > Wrong. Popular trends are what makes an OS (and computer) sell well.
- > But make them easy to remove once they are not trendy anymore :-)
-
- When everyone has converted their programs to Java it might not be that
- easy to remove it....
-
- "Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for life!"
- (Michael Sinz, AmigaDos developer)
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