Re: Wozniak vs Jobs

[regnirps@aol.com (Regnirps)]

supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

>Charlie, I usually agree with everything you write, but there is one glaring
>omission in the above: GS/OS on the Apple IIGS.
>
>System 6.0.1 for the GS is a true event driven deterministic GUI OS.
>The Apple II could and can use the same floppy drives used in the Mac.
>Under GS/OS in System 6.0.1, many programs make extensive use of
>this disk ejection capability -- backup software and installers, for
>example (the disk pops out and a dialog box asks "please insert disk
>xyz of set").
>
>On the GS, the disk is not frozen in the drive...a user can press the
>eject button at any time, unlike a Mac...BUT, the drive SENSES that
>the disk has ejected and the disk's icon is DIMMED in Finder.  That's
>a pretty event driven deterministic GUI OS to me!

I agree the IIGS can come closer than a PC, but user ejecting is to the OS the
same as hot plugging or unplugging RAM SIMMS while the computer is running.
Something I think you would agree is a bad thing.

Charlie Springer