| From: | Sami N��t�nen |
| Date: | 5 Jan 2000 at 09:42:02 |
| Subject: | Re: GATEWAY SELLS AMIGA! :) |
On 05-Jan-00, Ashley Scott wrote.
>> One point, which is also not so known fact, is that Motorola CPU's have
>> TWICE
>> as many registers as those Intel shit ones and due to the backwards
>> compatibility 32 bit OS'es steal at least two of them. This leaves 6 32
>> bit
>> registers for user at the most. So even Amiga OS couldn't make this
>> oldish shit run smooth and efficiently. It would most likely be average
>> OS amongst
>> other great OS'es like Neutrino and BeOS. so what's the point of doing
>> it.
>
> True... I am not slagging Motorola here but there are more Intel CPU's in
> use compared to Motorola. Nobody would use windows if a better OS was
> available!
Not true! Peoples and companies are using windows, because everybody else
have widoze also. "Communication between companies and finding software
would be much harder too if other system is used". That's the main
explanation how they justify the movement to PC+windoze systems.
Some rightly, others are just wanting to go with the main stream.
> The Amiga OS is superior to Windows because of it's size and
> efficiency! Well perhaps it should be ported for the Mac too! Either way
> Amiga owners would have more power and flexibility behind their keyboards!
> Plus you would have the bonus of very cheap hardware at your disposal! My
> argument is about current hardware...
And who would make those drivers to all those extra hardware I wonder?
As soon as Microslop things this ported OS is thread to it. It can stop
delivering developing info for these companies and sunddenly amiga OS
would be the the only platform for that hardware and sales would drop...
And company desides that NO MORE amiga OS...
Well litle bit over, but the basic line of events would most likely be this
kind.
> 68K CPU's are nice but compared to
> Pentium CPU's they are shit! A G4 CPU would be a shit load better though
> :). On that point we agree! I hasten to add I am not a Amiga hater, If I
> was I wouldn't bother writing stuff for the Amiga. I am just so pissed off
> with getting ripped off by Amiga company's who claim to sell cheap
> hardware etc.
Well they are better in structural level, than those intel ones, but just
too old in implementation level. And if you ask me I wouldn't put a penny
for the OS development for current CPU's, but would start to negotiate with
Transmeta and some CPU manufacturer to make me FUTURE CPU, because when the
OS would be ready it would be old and most likely sales wouldn't even cover
the costs. I have dreamed in same lines than you, but realism is sadly
quite opposite of that. :(
Of course I would be very clad if I would have been completely wrong, but
I doubt it. :(
Sami N��t�nen
EMail: sami.naatanen@dlc.fi
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