| From: | Gerald Mellor |
| Date: | 5 Sep 2000 at 21:41:08 |
| Subject: | Re: Oh No not linux |
Hi John, on 05-Sep-00, you wrote:
> If documentation is enough then why buy magazines at all?
For the news, reviews, cover CDs...
>> Amiga-related articles, which is what the magazine is about :) Once
>> you've installed Linux on your Amiga, just get yourself a copy of
>> Linux Format. Most of the articles in there will be just as
>> relevent no matter what hardware you're running the OS on.
>
> Not for a newbie
Why not for a newbie?
> and if the amiga user can boost LXF sales would not
> the information be better in AA. Plus if it run on my Amiga, isn't
> it Amiga related?
Yes it's Amiga-related, but it's more Linux-related. I just think it
wouldn't be interesting to the majority of people who read AA.
>> I don't think what the Amiga market needs is more dodgy Unix ports.
>> They tend to bring the user-unfriendliness of Linux to the Amiga.
>
> But it brings ideas and development. Why leave the amiga OS as
> closed shop and blinkered to others. I'm not saying linux is better
> just more choices.
Do you think people moving to Linux will mean more ports to AmigaOS?
Or do you think people will just gradually stop using AmigaOS
altogether?
> If a pre-order of some hardware is not reached due to the lack
> of Amiga OS users interest would you still resent Amiga Linux users
> if they made the difference between a product existing or not?
I don't resent Amiga Linux users :)
Regards
Gerry
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