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Title: Carl Sassenrath - The Amiga OS creator speaks out!
Post by: System on April 07, 2006, 10:11:33 PM

Carl Sassenrath - The Amiga OS creator speaks out about Rebols future and mention the Amiga in the great article at


"... However, I've built an "everything" product before. The Amiga Computer (technology years ahead of other personal computers) suffered from the "it's an amazingly general purpose computer" syndrome. It was so good in so many ways that we all felt Amiga should do everything for everybody. But, that's not what people buy. People buy solutions. People buy applications. Very few of us buy great technology just to own great technology. (And, I mean "buy" as in "accept and use", not just as in "pay for").

Those of us that went through the Amiga unfocused marketing experience suffered from the "do all end all" attitude. Just ask any Amiga user; they will display their painful scars. And, I can attest those scars will never vanish.

Eventually, the world, not Commodore, defined what the Amiga was. In the USA, the Amiga became known mainly as a low-cost video editing system -- defined by the NewTek Video Toaster. Outside the USA, Amiga was an amazing game/hacker machine with tens of thousands of games and related titles. ..."

http://www.rebol.com/notes/rebol3roadmap.html

Title: Re: Carl Sassenrath - The Amiga OS creator speaks out!
Post by: cv643d on April 08, 2006, 12:25:32 AM

Has Rebol gained any momentum? Remember reading about it in 1997, not sure I understood what it was then.

Title: Re: Carl Sassenrath - The Amiga OS creator speaks out!
Post by: SamuraiCrow on April 08, 2006, 01:02:44 AM

Not that I'm aware of.  It was supposed to be a web applet designing language that would compete with Java.  I'm afraid I haven't heard much about it either.

Title: Re: Carl Sassenrath - The Amiga OS creator speaks out!
Post by: dylansmrjo on April 08, 2006, 02:51:59 AM

Well, I know the developers of Syllable OS are really fond of Rebol, especially Kaj de Vos.

So it is in use. Personally I prefer Object REXX  :-P

Title: Re: Carl Sassenrath - The Amiga OS creator speaks out!
Post by: bigdan on April 09, 2006, 01:25:19 AM

I really appreciate Rebol but last versions aren't available on Amiga or Pegasos ;-( Correction, last version is available on Pegasos under Linux (but not in MorphOS version).

Arnaud
a frenchy registered rebol user

Title: Re: Carl Sassenrath - The Amiga OS creator speaks out!
Post by: cecilia on April 09, 2006, 03:50:01 PM

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Just ask any Amiga user; they will display their painful scars. And, I can attest those scars will never vanish.

amen, brother!

I really respect Sassenrath, not only for his place in amiga history, but for picking himself up after getting those "scars" and blasing a new trail.  :cheers: