Rebol for MorphOS

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I've used REBOL before, found it quite easy to use and scalable.  Heck, several projects ago, I was even talking to Carl about using it in the OS for the project.  

What I find interesting is that folk ask what it can do, when appropriately the answer is "what do you want to do with it?"

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@SHADES

can the conspiracy theories.

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@Shades

We are divided because some folk (on both sides, mind you) cannot handle the thought of there being 2 choices.  (Remember the WarpUP vs PowerUP wars from a few years back)  They get obsessed with there being only the OTW (One True Way) and anything else is a blasphemy.

Fact is, there is another option, the boing ball is not the only way, and in fact, there are benefits to something not-name-brand, or the other-name-brand.  (I, for one, prefer Pepsi over Coca-Cola)  This division comes from a lack of acknowledging of the common history.  "We are from the Amiga, they cannot be, they are an imposter."

From my viewpoint, if both OS's do well it will be a testiment to the foresight of those first engineers at HiTorro, to the genius of Carl, RJ, Dale and the rest of them, making an OS that is fast, scalable, and most of all desirable.  Heck, if one does well and the other fades away, the one that remains will be stronger due to the struggle against its sibling.

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@Shades

But noone has called MorphOS AmigaOS... except you.  MorphOS is MorphOS, it is a step forward *from* AmigaOS.  It keeps what we liked about AmigaOS, but gives a framework to progress the platform.  It is from the community *for* the community.  To deny its place is to deny the very community spirit that fostered it.

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@Shades

Are we even talking about the same OS here?  I'm talking about the AmigaOS that was modular.  I'm talking about the AmigaOS that can and does have 3rd party replacements to almost every single system component, including 3rd party exec.libraries.  There are folk out there running AmigaOS without a single Commodore designed library.

Where do you define AmigaOS when every single component can and is replaceable without breaking the whole.  Where do you draw the line?

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@Shades

And what about components that replace that foundation, such as a replacement exec.library?  Where do you draw the line?

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@Shades

By your logic against gary, we'd be long-dead.

Amiga, Inc is just a company.  If it goes under, oh well, life goes on.  It is not the end of the Amiga community, and possibly not of the OS itself.  If the OS vanishes, at least we have 2 remaining choices for a next-generation platform, MorphOS and AROS.  Why are you so stedfast on killing the community all for the sake of a company?

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@Shades

Amiga, Inc is just a company. If it goes under, oh well, life goes on. It is not the end of the Amiga community, and possibly not of the OS itself. If the OS vanishes, at least we have 2 remaining choices for a next-generation platform, MorphOS and AROS. Why are you so stedfast on killing the community all for the sake of a company?

That's not true either. There have been updates to our OS from 1.0 to 3.5 .

Right here, your logic is absolute nonsence.

What do OS updates have to do with there being 2 additional amiga compatible OS's availible?

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@Shades

Ahem...
 

What do you mean, Where is there another AMIGA OS that runs AMIGA?? What Morph? Morph runs Morph OS

I mean just that, there are Amiga compatible OS's out there.  They are not another Amiga OS that runs Amiga, they are other OS's that run Amiga software, modules, libraries, even system core files if you are so inclined.  If you cannot understand the distinction, than this conversation is at an end.  Good day sir.