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- From: sschaem@teleport.com (Stephan Schaem)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: What's our OS called?
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 23:01:41 GMT
- Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016
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- References: <Magpie821160394Ian@sirdar.demon.co.uk> <4cu42c$op3@ulke.himolde.no> <DKyp3w.M19@csc.liv.ac.uk> <1996Jan11.215621.13009@scala.scala.com>
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- Darren M. Greenwald (darren@scala.scala.com) wrote:
- : Personally, I always called it "AmigaOS" because AmigaDOS placed
- : too much emphasis on "Disk Operating System" - unlike MS-DOS, which
- : was not much more than a disk operating system, AmigaOS is much more
- : than just a DOS. So the terminology "AmigaOS" always appealed to
- : me much more
-
- More attractive then AMOS? (Amiga Multitasking Operating System:)
-
- Stephan
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