| From: | Matt Bloomfield |
| Date: | 8 Apr 2001 at 00:19:51 |
| Subject: | Re: OS4.0 and DE, a naive question? |
On *Fri, 06 Apr 2001 12:48:15 +0200*
In message *Re: [amigactive] OS4.0 and DE, a naive question?*
*Clyde Hannan* wrote:
> "Anthony W. Prime" wrote:
> > They *were*. Whilst no one has said the project is cancelled, Fleecy has
> > dropped a number of none too subtle hints that the Classic OS will remain
> > outside the DE, /with the DE being supported by the Classic OS/ from version
> > 4.2.
That was my interpretation of it too.
> Don't forget that from v4.2 it's also supposed to be hardware independent -
> which means that it should run on anything - not just PPC and not just the Zico
> specced machines. Which is sorta what they were aiming at anyway.
I thought the hardware independance related to AmigaDE not to AmigaOS
which is why I asked the original question. I think it's great we'll
get a PPC version of AmigaOS and DE, and even better that they'll
eventually be integrated.
> So now, what I assume is that the essential schedule / programme from Amiga has
> not removed anything and not radically departed from their initial plan.
> Afaik the run-time stuff is still going ahead as it was, the DE is going along
> as it was, but what has really happened is that something has just been added -
> in a rather confusing manner: Amiga OS 4-5.
I hope some of the confusion will be cleared up in AA, is it me
or do Amiga's announcements do more to confuse the userbase than
enlighten them?
Matt
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