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- From: jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel)
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- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11/92 Computer Chronicles
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 15:39:31 GMT
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- Gregory R Block (bloc1469@ee.ee.uwm.edu) wrote:
- :
- : >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.
- :
- : They do a similar task--they play the part of operating system.
- :
-
- Yep, just like the Porsche and the Benz -- they play the part of automobile,
- yet you can't compare them.
-
- Just take a look at the two. Windows was designed to work with mainstream
- (very large) applications, so it has virtual memory, unlike AmigaOS.
- Windows was also designed to work on hundreds of different machines with
- vastly different hardware, so it has complete device independence, unlike
- AmigaOS. On the other hand, AmigaOS was designed to work with video and
- other realtime applications, so it has very efficient multitasking and a
- tiny context switch time, unlike Windows. Don't you see that it doesn't
- make sense to compare them?
-
- :
- : AmigaOS, designed from the ground up to be an OS, has obvious merits,
- : as does Windows. But in the end, if you want Windows to be an OS,
- : you'll have to go the way they have of NT. Because in the end, it's
- : nothing more than a program that sits on top of MS-DOS, and plays the
- : part of system-wide moderator.
- :
-
- Nope, it's an OS. It does not "sit on top of DOS"; it replaces everything
- that DOS provides in terms of device management, memory management, etc. It
- provides every conceivable OS service, yet you refuse to call it an OS. For
- some reason, you prefer to call it "a program that plays the part of system-
- wide moderator and allows user-written subprograms, blah, blah, blah". Can't
- you see how ridiculous this is, and how stubborn you are being?
-
- : Greg
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