| From: | Ed Dana |
| Date: | 28 Sep 2000 at 02:42:55 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Ami platforms |
gary@amiga.com wrote:
>
> On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 12:10:26 -0700, owner-open@amiga.com "Jesse McClusky"
> <thought@weblink.org> wrote:
>
> >The reason the initial SDKs only run on the x86 platform is because
> >1) it makes up over 90% of the computer market, and
> >2) they would rather spend their efforts actually writing the Ami
> > architecture than porting it.
> >Once the system is up and running, then you'll start seeing the ports.
> >There's no point in doing anything else before then.
>
> And another factor in the initial decisions, how do we get developers into
> the system with the least cost?
>
> x86 is widespread, almost everyone has one. Linux is free.
>
> To prove binary compatibility, nothing better than releasing separate
> hosted versions and let developers and users see for themselves. That is
> where we are going now.
I saw your boss' demonstration at AmiWest. While impressive, (this is
not a criticism, btw) what would have been more impressive would have
been to see the tunnel demo running on Windows x86 *and* Linux _PPC_ (or
someother processor).
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