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- From: rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond)
- Message-ID: <rwm.713991011@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 12:50:11 EST
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Speculations: Amiga and Mach?
- In-Reply-To: bryanf@hpmcaa (Bryan Ford)
- References: <1992Aug15.003726.5366@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com>
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- bryanf@hpmcaa (Bryan Ford) writes:
- >I never suggested that Commodore should abandon Amigas without MMUs. That
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- Developers need firewalls, users do not. Developers use MMU based machines.
- I've been suggesting that CBM attempt to make a 'developer specific' version
- of the Amiga's O.S. that has all the MMU firewall protection in such a
- way that more bug-free applications can be written. Enforcer and Mungwall
- are a good start, but they don't take care of many types of bugs that
- could be detected. I often get problems where I can't tell which
- application I am running is actually causing the problem.
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- > Bryan
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- Opinions expressed in this message are my Own. I represent nobody else.
- Russell McOrmond rwm@Atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca Net Support:(613) 230-2282(V.32Bis)
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