Author: Mike Bouma (cmb15.med.rug.nl)
Date: 07-03-1999 05:16
To Havoc:
> OK, I believe you on that one. I'm sorry,
> but I don't understand what you mean with
> "other not closed platform". Do you mean
> that the game industry moved from the
> ami/atari platform to the console business?
> That's not so bad.. In fact, it is one of
> the reasons why I can make some money
> nowadays. :)
With "closed systems" I mean that only one company is allowed to make "Amiga" or "Atari" machines. Many people in the "Mainstream" market think they buy a totally different computer just because it is labelled Compaq or Gateway. (Also you will get alot less advertising with a closed system) When Commodore went broke there was no company left to porduce new machines and that of course hit the market very bad. (By the way Commodore always made a profit with Amigas but the debt from their IBM-compatible branch was to big to compensate.) Luckily the new and old Amigas will be/are "open platforms". For instance if nowadays IBM will die the "IBM compatibles" will go on to exist.
> But don't tell me that the Atari platform
> lacks a creative and inspiring community.
> It's simply not true. :)
Well maybe it is just bigger. Aminet is the best example I can give you of why I think the community is the greatest compared to all platforms.
> But you will have to admit that back in the
> "golden days" of both the Ami and the Atari
> platform, Atari's were used in professional
> environments far more often than Ami's
> were.
The very popular A500`s were mostly used for games. But in the old days the A2000 was mostly used by professional video-editing & special effects companies. And for many critical tasks Amigas were used like at NASA for launching space shuttles.
> But if you discover things in the AmigaOS,
> that does not mean that these possibilities
> do not exist on the Atari platform (or any
> other platform).
Well at that time when I bought my first Amiga (1989). No other platform was capable of doing such things. Nowadays pre-emptive multitasking is done on many systems although on mostly not as efficient and flexable. I know that the AmigaOS isn`t the best anymore (No improvemnets in over 6 years) QNX is alot more advanced for example. I talked to some expert people in Linux community and they simply addor QNX. It is alot faster and more stable than Linux but it isn`t open source like Linux is. They were simply amazed that Amiga is using the QNX Neutrino Kernel as it`s core for the new OS. And that is why I am so excited about the new Amiga.
> Are you really that sure Atari's can't do
> it? Practically, Atari and Amiga have just
> about the same capabilities. So I don't see
> any reason why they couldn't do it.
Well I know TOS hasn`t got the capabilties but MagiC looks promising but I have never used it. Maybe with some hard work you can do such things but you need something like the Amiga Community to create it. I will keep an eye out! :)
> And about that new Amiga... Well, I've
> heard other sides of the story too, which
> make me believe that it isn't that sure at
> all that the machine will be this capable.
Well QNX is very capable. And if it is true what Amiga says that they are busy adding some revolutionary things too it and not only bugs ;) then it will be wonderfull! Amiga will release some major details this week and will announce the "secret" processor shortly afterwards. (http://www.amiga.com)
> To end this with a challenge: Kratje bier
> erop dat die Amiga2 niks wordt? ;)
It`s a deal ;) De nieuwe Amiga komt weer helemaal in de spotlight!
Sincerly, Mike Bouma.
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