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Offline SHADES

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Re: Has an OS ever survived the loss of its parent company?
« on: October 06, 2003, 11:25:57 PM »
Tell you what. I love AMIGA OS. The fact that they are trying to resurect such an OS just wow's me in ways I can't even understand myself.
There is no better OS for me. It just lacks some functionality like multi user.
The way it's set out and functions is so clean and nice I LOVE having standards!! Comon librarys that are stored in libs directory that programmers agree on and impliment, standards like AHI etc... try doing that in Win.  Linux is ok but not nearly as nice as AO.

 I remember seeing a tape on computers in the 80s and they debated weather there was "room" for another computer. They had Apple and IBM, Mac and now suddenly AMIGA and ATARI. The "experts" said no. There is no room.

Well the way I see and saw it is that there's plenty of stupid room, just as long as people want to buy it, it will continue.
Both computers did well, as you know, all the corruption and bad marketing and behind the scene involvement from bigger boys who got scared at loosing that space, interviened and caused the downfall of our favourite platform.

I will buy AMIGA OS, even though I can't afford the A1 at the moment.  I want AMIGA OS to continue.  If it dies again, I hope that it goes open source and has a feeverent take up like linux did.
I hope it remains the way it is for the moment, I like that fact that AMIGAs are being made again. Yep it's a shame about Be and whoever else, but this, AMIGA OS is the platform I want to use, as long as there is another person out there who also want's this platform to be their choice, and they know someone who also feels the same.................

Yep, there's enough room.
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