🚀 go-pugleaf

	Just read in InfoWorld that Atari is going to offer a second
	operating system for the 520ST.  Since I've been pondering the
	purchase of either an Amiga or a 520 (after Hanukkah), I was
	really excited when I saw the headline.

	I should have taken a cold shower.

	Atari is negotiating with a British company for something called
	BOS.  Apparently, it is somewhat popular on the continent among
	business users.  Atari wanted something to increase the acceptance
	of the 520 as a business machine both here and there, hence BOS.
	There are several business applications available for BOS, and
	Atari wants to port these over.   Eventually, BOS will be thrown in
	with new 520 purchases;  current owners will have to shell out $100
	for BOS.  Oh, yes, the BOS application programs are in the $500
	price range (yikes!).

	(** flame **)

	Once again, another computer company is stumbling around without
	clear goals.  Who in the hell is going to buy an ST just to
	get to run BOS programs?  Why couldn't they just buy something
	like CP/M68K or maybe OS-9?  I'm not fond of the Amiga emulating
	a PC and running MS-DOS, but it makes a lot more sense than this
	BOS nonsense.

	Oh, well.  The Atari just dropped another couple of notches relative to
	the Amiga (in my opinion).


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	Mike Eve     Boeing Aerospace, Seattle
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