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Offline Khephren

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Re: What lessons from the amiga OS are applicable today?
« on: April 04, 2011, 08:20:49 AM »
Desiv summed a lot of it up. For myself:

Datatypes: allowing old software and the OS to use the latest formats, great idea.

Public screens: A bit like linux workspaces.

Fast multitasking: I know it has it's faults, but it works very well for me
RAD and RAM

well organised: Everything has it's place, and you can explain to a layman how the OS is organised in 5 minutes. Unlike the mess a windows folder is as soon as you install windows.

Fits a lot on screen: seems higher resolution than it is.

DosDrivers: A great way of adding new filesystems, again, easy to understand.

startup-sequence: I know it's not drag and drop, but it's easier to understand than the registry.

WBstartup: no hunting around for what the hell is bogging your comp down on startup. Check WBstarup and S: and your done.

Low resources: Does not need two gig to get out of bed in the morning

Fast boot time: each PC I get boots slower than the last, despite being much faster ( I guess HDD speeds have not kept pace with data needs?)
 

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Re: What lessons from the amiga OS are applicable today?
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2011, 09:35:17 AM »
Yep, forgot that one.
AREXX is pretty cool as well.
 

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Re: What lessons from the amiga OS are applicable today?
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2011, 07:38:22 PM »
Quote from: lsmart;627790
While I sure like the features listed in this thread, I understood the question in a differnt way.

1) A friendly and helpful team can produce great work. You don“t have to be elitist to win.
2) If you have a lot of cool public domain software, you will grow your user base.
3) A single man can write a better programm than a huge company.
4) Most business computers and software is a complete waste of money.
5) A killer game machine is really a killer machine for almost every task.
6) look at the low end to decide where to place your defaults.


Ilike your interpretation. 3 and 5 especially.