| From: | Ed Dana |
| Date: | 16 Sep 2000 at 00:05:19 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Absence of VP in distros, and strategy |
"Victor I. Haaz" wrote:
> Hello, Ed,
>
> From: Ed Dana <EDanaII@CSI.com>
> >Aaron Optimizer Digulla wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 08:35:37AM +0200, Juan Carlos Marcos Rodr�guez wrote:
> >>
> >> > From: Jim Peters <jim@aguazul.demon.co.uk>
> >> >
> >> > >> there should be some way for the OS to _enforce_ the presence
> >> > >> of .00 (VP) binaries in any installation archive. However I don�t
> >> > >> have any way of enforcing this at hand.
> >> >
> >> > > This is all nonsense. It's not an Ami program if it doesn't have
> >> > > VP binaries - it would be an Ami/x86 or Ami/PowerPC program
> >> >
> >> > 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.
> >
> >Amiga programs will be represented by an icon (or so I hope), the user should be
> >allowed the choice within that icon, or the ability to have two icons: Portable
> >Executable or Optimized for Hardware.
>
> In fact, it is handled automatically by Elate/VP. Since it belongs to the very basic
> concepts. So, native tools (routines) used if present, and VP-code otherways.
>
I came into this thread a little late and may have misunderstood. But they were talking
about disabling native binaries. To that I will always say: if the risk is low and the
benefit high, give the user the choice.
> >Never rob users of choice. Except when their is a good chance of it complicating
> >their lives. Software lives to make the users life easier, not to control it. :)
>
> Would you expect Mr. Average Joe to learn what's the difference? Why bother him
> if not even really necessary?
Should all cyclists use training wheels, just because some don't know how to ride? :)
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