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- From: kentd@FtCollins.NCR.com (Kent Dalton)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Most excellent 2.04 (was @$#^@$%# 2.04!)
- Message-ID: <KENTD.92Jul27145644@zappa.FtCollins.NCR.com>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 13:56:44 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.022407.26450@Armstrong.EDU>
- Sender: uucp@ncr-mpd.FtCollins.NCR.COM
- Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO
- Lines: 55
- In-reply-to: prall968@Armstrong.EDU's message of 24 Jul 92 02:24:07 GMT
-
-
- >>>>> On 24 Jul 92 02:24:07 GMT, prall968@Armstrong.EDU said:
-
- gene> Ok Ok Ok.. I have a gripe here... I am a loyal Amiga user, I have
- gene> owned an amiga since 1987 when I bout my friends 1000. Well I
- gene> still have and use that 1000. Since then I have rescued a couple
- gene> more 1000s from a unduely death in the bottom of a dumpster.
-
- I will be happy to purchase one of your used A1000's for the price it
- would cost you to purchase a 2.04 upgrade kit.
-
- gene> Well when I go around and try to ftp some GOOD software all I see is:
- gene> KS 2.0 required...
-
- Assuming you need these utilities, that implies you need 2.04 to do what
- you want with your machine...
-
- Which, in turn, implies this part of your statment:
-
- gene> ....and why should I when 1.3 works JUUUUUST fine for me.
-
- is wrong, since 1.3 is no longer capable of providing the system software
- resources required to support the applications you wish to run.
-
- gene> So then why is all this stuff now out for 2.0.. Whatever happened
- gene> to downward compatibility?
-
- Downward compatibility in this case (and most other cases, as well)
- would be *stupid*. 2.04 provides developer's with new features and
- libraries not available in the previous OS and it is readily available
- for all currently produced Amigas. For applications which make heavy use
- of 2.04's added functionality, making them 1.3 compatible is neither
- cost/time-effective nor worthwhile.
-
- Not using those new features because some users refuse to upgrade or
- have machines so outdated and unsupported they can't run the new OS,
- limits what the developer can implement to the most obsolete common
- denominator. The result will be inferior software when compared to
- competing products (which do make use of the new functionality).
-
- You can't expect the computer industry in general, or Commodore in
- specific, to stand still just because you can't afford to or do not wish
- to run. If you choose not to keep up with new developments because you
- are happy with your current equipment, that's fine, but you have no one
- to blame but yourself when you start to feel left behind.
-
-
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