Carl Sassenrath on AWN

[redrumloa]

It's really him, been verified.

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Interesting, I wonder where this is going...

[odin]

*Shrug*, like OS4 is going to make the world go woooooo and run out in numbers to buy it. Sure, there's going to be some 'alternative' people who might be interested and actually buy it (I mean outside of the microsphere of Amigaland) but enough to make it a commercially interesting market? I doubt it.

That said, I'd probably buy it =).

[Tomas]

*Shrug*, like OS4 is going to make the world go woooooo and run out in numbers to buy it. Sure, there's going to be some 'alternative' people who might be interested and actually buy it (I mean outside of the microsphere of Amigaland) but enough to make it a commercially interesting market? I doubt it.

OS4 would indeed not change the world, but it could be a place to start. But who knows about the future? It would first need to build up a software base and the OS would need quite a bit more rework to get it to compete with other modern OSes.

[redrumloa]

I just find this whole thing bizzare. Obviously Carl had respect for Amiga when he released the early Rebol for it, considering the Amiga was quite dead by that point even.

Where is he going with this :-?

[odin]

Perhaps he's one of the mysterious investors? ;-)

[tomazkid]

redrumloa wrote:
It's really him, been verified.

Hi Redrumloa  :-)

Yes, I verified him against Rebol Feedback, and it is indeed Mr. Carl Sassenrath.

[cecilia]

Where is he going with this

creative and talented people like to reconnoiter. I doubt it's anything suspicious.

this isn't some "used car salesman" trying to sell us something. He's just discussing ideas. Considering his accomplishments, he is more than welcome.

[redrumloa]

Hi Redrumloa  :-)

Yes, I verified him against Rebol Feedback, and it is indeed Mr. Carl Sassenrath.

Heya Tomazkid  :-D I saw that, thanks for verifying. Very good stuff :-)

[redrumloa]

cecilia wrote:
this isn't some "used car salesman" trying to sell us something. He's just discussing ideas. Considering his accomplishments, he is more than welcome.

Not trying to suggest otherwise, I have nothing but respect for him. I'm just hopeful he WILL get involved in some capacity to clean up this mess that has become the Amiga.

[beller]

I first met Carl at an Amiga show in Pasadena in the early '90s.  An incredible guy by any standard.  I didn't get a chance to talk with him, but I observed Carl walking around AmiExpo this weekend and, by the smile on his face, having a great time.

He's one of the main visionaries who brought the Amiga to market.  As he pointed out during the AmiWest banquet, he invented the term "multitasking."  I see no downside to him coming back.  I think I'd be a lot more interested in OS4 if Carl was leading the coding team.

I agree with Cecilia...this is a good guy who deserves a very warm welcome and thanks from anyone who cares about the Amiga.  

As far as I'm concerned, it's all good news!

Bob

[Plaz]

I wouldn't be suprised if he's brian-sotrming over what type of ideas to incorporate into Rebol 3.x. Nothing wrong with that. And if he brings a bit of spark into Amiga discussions, all the better. It's been a cool chat so far.

Plaz

[amigadave]

I would love to see Carl take an active role in "Converging" the Amiga efforts of all interested Amiga enthusiasts.  As he put it, Divergence is bad and leads to nothing.  It would be great if Carl could inspire and bring all the developers, hardware companies, Amiga Inc. and grass roots Amiga fans, together to work as a single force to bring the next generation Amiga to life as a real product that can be bought in many different places.  I know that this is probably only a dream, but how great it would be to have everyone working together under the direction and guidance of Carl or another unified group of Amiga believers.  I could support Carl as the president of Amigaland.  I like his sense of reality and common sense, and really believe he could make a difference.

Anyone else feel this way?

Amiga Inc. sell everything to Carl, or hire him to be the driving force to take us forward.  PLEASE!

Carl for President (of Amiga Inc.)

[Piru]

As he pointed out during the AmiWest banquet, he invented the term "multitasking".

Uh, I'm not trying to downplay him or anything, but surely he didn't claim that, since it's not true. Multitasking operating systems existed tens of years before amigaos. He did introduce pre-emptive multitasking to "home computers" though.

Here's Carl interview from 2003.

[redrumloa]

Piru wrote:

As he pointed out during the AmiWest banquet, he invented the term "multitasking".

Uh, I'm not trying to downplay him or anything, but surely he didn't claim that, since it's not true. Multitasking operating systems existed tens of years before amigaos. He did introduce pre-emptive multitasking to "home computers" though.

Here's Carl interview from 2003.

I don't think he said he invented the term, I don't remember hearng that. What he said was that basically nobody had heard of the term before the Amiga, and nowadays it's part of common everyday language even outside computing.