| From: | amimjf |
| Date: | 14 Sep 2000 at 15:19:00 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Absence of VP in distros, and strategy |
Hi,.
>> Then... So what, for the customer? Almost every computer in sight uses
a x86
>> processor. So this is viable. In fact, it's profitable. So it will
happen.
>> The solution is centralised control of the distributions, something very
>> rare and alienating. Of course, I'm worrying too much. There's a ton of
work
>> to do to even get near this point. Just about that, two questions:
>The solution is pretty simple: Don't include tools to create native
>binaries. This way, only a small fraction of people will be able to
>create native binaries.
I agree exactly, there is no point in doing things that will only
undermine one of the new amigas most advanced and distigishing features.
The whole point of the VP system is that you can forget about the hardware
and just run the apps, i cant see any reason for native code beyond the
bootstrap and for translator debugging purposes, none of which should be
publicly available.
regards
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Matthew J Fletcher
Serck Controls Ltd
NPD Firmware
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