CompuServe Messages

Here is some interesting information for you Ben. Commodore has decided that they would like to sell some Amiga 2000s! Effectively immediately the A2000 suggested retail price is $999. The A2000HD is $1295. It is about time Commodore! I agree with your stance on UNIX mostly. I do think that UNIX will be with us for the forseeable future because the workstations are built around it anymore. I think people (John Q. Public) are resistant to change, and will never accept UNIX as a standard for lots of reasons. The biggest reason is that it currently requires too much understanding of computers to be able to use UNIX effectively. I believe people are willing to abandon the status-quo when they see something that they can use, that is easy to use and doesn't require them to toss all of their software in a garbage can. I believe that is why Windows is successful while OS/2 is not. I do not think that a UNIX based personal computer with that being its native operating system with no other will ever sell well to John Q. Public. AT&T could not sell its UNIX-PC (of course AT&T could not sell a glass of ice water in the desert). The bottom line is that no matter what type of GUI is glued on top. UNIX will still be UNIX. 🙂 Complete with Panics and lost i-nodes. I think more than likely the future computing world will embrace a Windows-like GUI that is very much like what we have today on the Amiga with further refinement. Just think, in 1990 PC users discovered multitasking. We of course discovered it in 1985. I suppose by the time 1995 rolls around we will be experiementing with virtual reality and the PC user will just discover the value of co-processors and a real multitasking operating system. I have faith in the common man. Computers and users that follow the mainstream "trend" will continue to block the path to innovation and revolution. But hey? What else is new? -mark= – via the Whapster!