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- From: jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel)
- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11/92 Computer Chronicles
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:14:36 GMT
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- Gregory R Block (bloc1469@ee.ee.uwm.edu) wrote:
- :
- : The point was this: Just because a million people buy something
- : doesn't mean that what they bought is anything of
- : worth/value/craftsmanship. MS-DOS fails to be a miracle of software
- : engineering by just a bit, and yet here it is, the most popular
- : non-OS since... Well, since never. Never before have millions of
- : people made a move towards running a program-loader rather than a real
- : operating system. Anyways, that was the point.
- :
-
- Your point about sales vs. quality is obvious. However, why do you call DOS
- a non-OS? Even the ROMs in my Atari 800 were called an OS. It seems like
- the term changes meaning as time goes by. If that's the case, then this
- discussion is pointless.
-
- :
- : No, everybody'd be buying machines that had some technical merit,
- : likely.
- :
-
- Your opinions are showing again!
-
- :
- : Anyways, again, that's NOT the point. Millions of people
- : buying something doesn't make that something good. I suppose that,
- : under you above statement...
- :
- : Since MS-DOS sold millions and millions of copies, C= should consider
- : wiping out everything in AmigaOS except LoadSeg?
- :
-
- My statement was about Windows, not DOS. AmigaOS lacks certain features of
- Windows, and vice versa. The point is, they are different; they were designed
- for different markets and purposes, so comparing them is like comparing
- Porsches to Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans.
-
- :
- : Again, it's your sweeping generalizations that bite you in the ass.
- :
-
- What generalizations? Careful, though; make sure you only list things I
- actually said. Mr. Bickers has posted enough lies already.
-
- :
- : Agreed, that was a bit off. However, claiming that Windows is
- : suddenly God's gift to Software Architecture isn't a whole lot better.
- :
-
- I never made any such claim. I only objected to John's Windows-bashing.
- You seem to have perceived it as a claim of Windows superiority. It wasn't.
-
- :
- : Unfortunately, Windows falls to the left of being a good OS, and NT
- : falls way to the right. OS/2 has a good begining. Plan 9, OS/9,
- : AmigaOS, and even SOME unix systems have hit at least part of the nail
- : on the head, and have features that some high-end unix systems and
- : things under design are just now getting.
- :
-
- Opinions, opinions, opinions...
-
- : Greg
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- | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | Molecular Simulations Inc. | Time just fades the pages |
- | Drummers do it... | Burlington, MA USA | in my book of memories. |
- | ... In rhythm! | jerry@msi.com | -- Guns N' Roses |
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