Re: Exciting developments in Commodore world -- Ideas for GS dev?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:

>Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
>>I was trying to determine how similar A2 GEOS is to C128 GEOS.
>>If A2 GEOS is, in reality, very similar to C128 GEOS in terms of
>>programming, then such an upgrade for the A2 version should easily
>>be possible in theory.
>
>   If Apple II users want a nice GUI, they can run GS/OS and all the
>many GS/OS apps. Rewriting everything just to support some totally
>incompatible thing bastardized from another platform is not going to
>happen. Stick with writing things for the quite large installed base,
>rather than hoping folks might switch to some secondrate counterpart.

That works if you are a GS bigot.  Non-GS Apple II folks can use
a nice GUI too.

>>Don't forget that enthusiasm is one of the driving forces of a market
>>for software and hardware.
>
>   And to paraphrase a quote, Enthusiasm without works is dead. Stop the
>cheerleading and actually start producing something.

Picking a fight with everyone over nothing kills enthusiasm.

This is a free newsgroup and I will say what I want.  It is not like
I am pirating, so drop this NOW, OK?