MarkTime wrote:
The commentary here, reminds me that no one has jumped up and down and said, but its not really Mac OS...
...using QNX or Linux core, and especially Linux, to jump start Amiga OS development...basing the new Amiga on Linux, would have gotten us a modern system, that would have been a true Amiga
Methinks people were rather caught up with hanging onto what was, rather than what could have been.
get a modern looking workbench, use some of the Amiga concepts, Arexx....
Wasn't the AREXX concept borrowed from REX on IBM's OS2? BTW, would the flexibility of AREXX style scripting be a security issue in a modern, widely used, internetworked OS? I guess that level of functionality could be provided in a robust form, but this kind of issue is a little beyond my ken of software design.
Mac was the first platform owned in my family home. Used it for many years, and I just got so fed up with its extremely closed design, and naf all documentation (amongst other things). When I got to see what was happening on Amiga's, WOW! The open system approach was just such a boost to the Amiga's development, with so much community envolvement, which I think went a very long way to developing it's cult following. I don't think any other platform has had the same level of hardware and software hacking by a user community.
I haven't used OSX much at all, but it seems to me that it is offering something which is appealing to many people, but is it something which a user can forge to be appealing to an individual's requirements? Does the basis in BSD allow for Linux style customisation? My casual observation is that low level access can be had, but it's not really in the scope of Apple's intended usage. Does Apple provide any documentation to this end?
Oliver
