| From: | No_good |
| Date: | 6 Apr 2001 at 15:22:54 |
| Subject: | Re: And so it begins...... |
--- In amigactive@y..., "Mike O'Hara" <mike@k...> wrote:
> Hi Andy, on 05-Apr-01 18:54:38 you wrote:
>
> >> I can't wait for the MeagerOne ;)
>
> >Comments like that don't help anyone.
>
> Oh my god... have you no sense of humour?
>
> >> MorphOS exists, it works, and the MorphOS team aren't changing
their minds
> >> every 6 months WRT the future.
> >>
> >> AOS4.0 on the otherhad, doesn't exist, doesn't work, and Amiga
seem to
> >> change direction every 6 months.
>
> >How do you know that for certain do you work for Amiga?
>
> Do you know anyone using or developing for AOS4.0, *right now*?
Nope, I didn't
> think so... do you know anyone using or developing for MorphOS?
>
> >> Now, if you were running a business... would you support the
vapourware
> >> OS4.0, or the real MorphOS?
>
> >Probably OS4, as Amiga aren't hobby programmers. Besides if Ralph
Schimt
> >was ever involved in REAL bussiness, people would just think he
acts like a
> >tosser and take thier business elsewhere.
>
> You choose something that doesn't yet exist, over something that
does. That is
> some f***ed up logic.
>
> Although I've not spoken with Ralph personally - ANN doesn't
count :) - I don't
> have anything against him. Ok he can come across as an asshole at
times, but
> then, we all have bad days. And it's pretty easy to become an
asshole when
> people are constantly slagging you, and your work off.
>
> >You REALLY don't get it do you? This will be IT. this will be the
final
> >split. there are so few amiga users left that industry will not
survive
> >this.
>
> Yep, I understand. But because of the precious community I'm not
allowed a free
> choice between AOS4.0 and MorphOS? Well, if thats the case, f*ck
the community.
>
> >> Maybe if Amiga actually release something, Vapor et al will
change their
> >> minds, as it is now. You can't really blame them for choosing to
support
> >> that which exists in preference of that which doesn't.
>
> >Read David Gerber's statement, it has nothing to to with that. He
a) doesn't
> >like WarpOS b) is banding with his mates at MorphOS
>
> I read it less than 10 minutes after he wrote it... if AOS4.0 is
actually any
> good, then David and Vapor and everyone would be a fool not to
write software
> that runs on it.
>
> >> I won't buy more CUSTOM hardware. The last thing the Amiga needs
is to be
> >> tied to more custom hardware. I'll wait for the hardware
independant OS4.2
> >> thanks all the same.
>
> >Anything other than an x86 system will be custom hardware. You
want an x86
> >platform buy a PC hardly difficult is it?
>
> I am going to buy a PC! And if in 12 months OS4.2 is released,
maybe I'll go buy
> it...
>
> Carpe Diem,
> Mike 'Navvie' O'Hara
> --
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