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- From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: So what does this mean to us ?
- Message-ID: <9212222830@ritz.mordor.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 02:33:53 GMT
- References: <1h78n5INNohd@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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- Jan T. Kim (aeg03@rrz.uni-koeln.de) wrote:
- OS/2> In <72174@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
- OS/2>
- OS/2> >Mark Hughes writes some stuff:
- OS/2>
- OS/2> >>I discovered that replacing my ST with another decent system,
- OS/2> >>without taking any sacrifices (pathetic sound and OS on the PCs, weird OS
- OS/2> >>and incompatibility on the Mac (not to mention their expense), etc.), I
- OS/2> >>had to go up to a NeXT.
- OS/2>
- OS/2> >Wow.. now THERE's an open mind for you.. too bad you didn't
- OS/2> >actually take a good look at what else is available in the world.
- OS/2>
- OS/2> >In addition to the terrific sound and operating systems on PCs,
- OS/2> >and the smooth operating system on Macs, you also get the
- OS/2> >advantages of support from the company that made your computer,
- OS/2> >AND the not inconsequential benefit of wonderful software support
- OS/2> >from developers who are *happy* to be in the market.
- OS/2>
- OS/2> You may well be able to claim that there are excellent operating
- OS/2> systems for PCs, no problem so far. However, MS DOS, Windows,
-
- Try OS/2, it works just fine for me. When that doesn't work, I fire
- up Coherent or linux for a unix environment (with X windows) all on
- my lowly 486.
-
- OS/2> Windows NoThanx etc. are not among them. Regarding Macs, if you
- OS/2> say their OS is smooth you must have taken a very superficial
- OS/2> look at it. I agree, the OS "looks and feels" rather neat, but
- OS/2> beyond that surface there are nightmares and loads of weird stuff
- OS/2> buried. Beware.
-
- More than TOS??? Hehe, let's get some perspective here. MacOS is
- a dream compared to the daggers you'll find hidden all over TOS.
-
- OS/2> Also, remember that there are a lot of different things pepole
- OS/2> may want to do with their computer. If someone just wants to run
- OS/2> a word processor, a spreadsheet and a graphics program, he can do
- OS/2> that on a PC running Windows or on a Mac, despite all the horrors
- OS/2> buried in them. Even more, a Mac or PC may actually suit such a
- OS/2> person's need better than an Atari. But if someone wants to do
- OS/2> some programming too, he will probably be much better off with an
- OS/2> Atari.
-
- And use what development tools?
-
- Cheers,
-
- Chris
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