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- From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Speculations: Amiga and Mach?
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <mykes.0cpy@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG>
- References: <1992Aug15.003726.5366@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com> <rwm.713991011@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
- X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (beta) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
- Date: 16 Aug 92 23:41:56 PST
- Organization: Amiga makes it possible
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- In article <rwm.713991011@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca> rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond) writes:
- > bryanf@hpmcaa (Bryan Ford) writes:
- > >I never suggested that Commodore should abandon Amigas without MMUs. That
- >
- > 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.
- >
-
- This is a myth (developers need firewalls, users do not). Applications written
- for OSes that have firewalls (i.e. MP) still crash on users. It IS nice to
- have the application clean up and quit without killing your system.
-
- > > Bryan
- > --
- > 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)
- > FidoNet 1:163/109 Welmat Help 1:1/139 Current WELMAT 'keeper of sources'.
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- Sega Genesis programmer of: Dick Tracy and Marble Madness.
- Mike Schwartz (ames!zorch!amiga0!mykes or mykes@amiga0.sf-bay.org)
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