Commodore Liquidation
02-May-94 22:51:16
Sb: #142241-Commodore Liquidation
Fm: Andrew Carol 71350,3646
To: Tom Jones 76470,1332
QNIX is _not_ UNIX. It looks like it but it aint. It is _very_ stable. It is
also a realtime OS for critical applications which AmigaDOS is _not_. (No
memory protection, and I don't think the scheduler is a real-time one).
Preemptive multitasking != realtime OS.
> You know what Unix application programs cost?
More than you can imagine! I am involved in an ugly product port for the
military to UNIX. Arrrgg!
I was _not_ advocating UNIX over AmigaDOS. I was only answering the _false_
assertion that AmigaDOS is the _best_ mutitasking OS out there. It may be one
of the best in the home, but it's a _big_ world out there!
> WinNT and System 7
You compare Apples and Oranges! System 7 doesn't pretend to be a real OS.
WinNT is, but is very new and needs work. (Don't confuse Windows 3.x/4.x with
Windows NT, they have little other than visual look in common)
—– Andrew