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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art, but the NeXT is better
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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1991 00:52:12 GMT

In article <q2aGezeg1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>
>In article <20327@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>
>
>   Sure it does, just run Amiga UNIX.  You get all that, and the standard AT&T/
>   Motorola 680x0 UNIX ABI.  NeXT OS doesn't have the architectural speed of the
>   AmigaOS.  With an '30 or '040 based Amiga, you have your choice.  And you can
>   even get a place for add-in cards in that $4000 system.
>
>But you can't run Unix and the AmigaOS at the same time.  Don't you
>lose the advatage of having the current crop of Amiga apps being
>available?  And all your graphics programming must now be done in X.
>
	That is true. So what? You choose which operating system
you want. If you want AmigaDOS only, get a non-Unix Amiga. If you
want Unix, get a unix Amiga. Although Unix and AmigaDOS don't run
concurrently, you can reboot into either and so use whatever you
like. And your point about X isn't such a big deal either as X is
a standard. BTW, you can safely expect all software made in the
future for the Sun to be made for Amiga Unix, because all that
will be necessary is a simple recompilation.

>-Mike


	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.
