CompuServe Messages

>>>Nothing will ever make me have a Microsoft operating system. I do not believe that Intel based systems are the future. I do hope that the judge will break-up Microsoft and from the DC papers this morning the judge is looking at that approach. I do think that SGI and Alias is where a lot of game makers here in the East seem to be interested in and prefer over 3DS. I probably will add stuff for R4 – but I will not go to R5 and NT. There is no product out there that is worth going to a Microsoft operating system for!!! OS/2 is technically a superior product and piece of code to NT – It is much of MVS philosophy in it and I have always liked MVS more than any other operating system.<<< I do not like Microsoft or Intel products or practices at all, but you cannot argue that there is power in numbers. Stuff like standards can't be ignored. I fought against Microsoft/Intel for years when I was an Amiga user but went with Intel/DOS/NT/3DS two years ago and haven't regretted it since. I would love to have Alias/SGI, but that is to expensive for this area. The East/West coast guys can justify the cost though, and anyone else in a big city like Chicago, etc. Do you have tons of money to buy/support an SGI/Alias system? From what I have seen you have to keep throwing money at it. You may have to do it for other systems as well, but it isn't as much. All those maintenance contracts scare me when talking SGI/Alias. Of course if you are making money you can afford it. I think it would be foolish to rule out using 3DSR5 just because of NT. I bet Yost Group will change your mind when you see it.