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Re: Codename G-OS
- Subject: Re: Codename G-OS
- From: hofman@ats.nld.alcatel.nl.nospam (Peter Hofman)
- Date: 1997/10/28
- Distribution: world
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations, comp.sys.amiga.programmer, comp.sys.amstrad.8bit, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.m6809, comp.sys.msx, comp.sys.oric, comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.tandy
- Organization: Alcatel Telecom Nederland
- References: <343A83ED.MD-0.198.zhulien@alphalink.com.au> <343CB3E1.42E2DDDB@cvtci.com.ar> <62o7lh$lfk@alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Reply-to: hofman@ats.nld.alcatel.nl
In article <62o7lh$lfk@alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu>, he110@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill R. Core) writes:
>>
>>I didn't catch the whole thread here. Is G-OS going to be a
>>universal GUI for all 8-bit computers? What existing GUI (if any)
>>will it resemble? If it were up to me, I would design a GUI
>>with the best features of GEM (Atari ST), Intuition (Amiga), and
>>NeXTSTEP (NeXt Computer). Namely, the Object-oriented nature
>>of NeXTSTEP, combined with the Multitasking and extensibility
>>of Intuition, along with the straightforwardness of GEM.
>>One feature absolutely needed for any future GUI would be
>>some sort of Slip or PPP stack. This would enable a WWW browser,
>>IRC client, and Mail client to be written, which would
>>increase the ability of the individuals involved to
>>communicate easily and quickly. These would be the 'killer apps'
>>that any new OS needs to gain acceptance.
>>
Ever heard of GEOS (PC version)?