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- From: monster@mbear.apana.org.au (Martin Ozolins)
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- Subject: Re: Future Amiga chipsets
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- Date: 30 Dec 92 20:24:11 PST
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- In article <1992Dec28.210422.18243@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
- > Mr. Mike" Passaretti (mrmike@michelotti.ae.ge.com) wrote:
- > :
- > : jerry> My OS/2 programming experience is mostly with
- > : jerry> application-level software using the Presentation
- > : jerry> Manager, but I've read a lot about OS/2 design.
- > :
- > : Right. We're hearing discussion on what makes an OS from an
- > : applications programmer. That's like asking a day care
- > : teacher for advice on conception techniques. Why don't you
- > : listen to the folks who _write_ operating systems and system
- > : software for a living.
- > :
- >
- > Even if I were "just an applications programmer" (and I'm not), why am
- > I any less qualified than you to say what is and what is not an operating
-
- Training, experiance etc
-
- > system? Is a driver any less qualified than a mechanic to say what is
- > and what is not a car? OS's don't exist for OS developers; they exist
-
- Yes
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- > for application programmers and users; *they* are the ones who define what
- > goes into an OS, not you.
- >
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- Since when ?
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- So, a person who is writing a spreadsheet for EXEC-8 ( UniSYS OS for 1100/2200 )
- defines what goes into that OS ?
- What utter rubbish.
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