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In <Pine.NXT.3.91.960102034151.14397A-100000@linex> John Slade <hherndon@motown.com> writes:

>>  What a crock.:-)  Everyone knows that everytime MS upgrades that bloated
>> OS called Windows, it gets slower. If it didn't, the clone fans wouldn't
>> be drooling all over Pentium Pros.

 It does?  Amazing...

>>  Now the Amigas OS (OTHO) does get faster with updates. Anyone going from
>> AmigaOS 1.3 to 3.1 can tell you that the performance of their system
>> improved. Anyone going from Win2 to Win(whatever) can tell you of hardware
>> upgrade stories.

 Of course, the tricky part is convincing a bankrupt company to produce
updates...

>>  The bloat in Microsoft Windows code has done more to improve the Intel
>> chips then anyone wanting the apps on the system to run faster (which is
>> just a nice side affect.) 

 Really?

>>  Throw enough hardware at something, and you can get  *any* piece of
>> software to run faster. I guess this makes up for bad/sloppy code. :-)

 Of course all of those features are just a nasty side effect.

>>  Microsoft is the only company _I_ know of that has 80 million Beta
>> testers and still can't get it right!

 Of course Microsoft is making money.  Where exactly is Commodore sitting
today?

>   I've used Amigas, Macs and IBM clones. The best OS I've worked with is 
>AmigaDOS. I know it doesn't have all the software but the OS is slammin! 
>Macs and Windows 95 come in second. They are almost the same except 
>System 7.5 is a little more responsive than Windows.

 AmigaDOS had some nice features, granted.

 But personally I'm rather partial to Unix and Windows NT myself.

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Steve Sheldon         ICSS by day, PMC by night
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