Re: The Internet-enabled Contiki Desktop OS

["Clockmeister" <gerryvdb@tnet.com.au>]

Matthew Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Adam Dunkels wrote:
> |Hello c.s.cbm, c.s.atari.8bit, and c.s.apple2!
> |
> |I am extremely proud to present version 1.0 of the cross-platform,
> |open-source, Internet-enabled Contiki operating system and desktop
> |environment.
>
> hm
>
> |Contiki was originally intended for the the (unexpanded) Commodore 64,
> |but also runs on the VIC-20, CBM PET, Plus/4, Atari 8-bit and the
> |Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
>
> Runs, or just barely manages to run?
>
> |Ports to the 8-bit Apple ][, Atari Jaguar, and a bunch of other
> |platforms are under development.
>
> If your program runs equally well on all those other platforms,
> why even bother 'porting' it to the Apple, Atari, and you name it,
> as it probably already runs magically perfectly on every platform
> imaginable?
>
> |This first version of Contiki contains
> the following:
> |
> |* Multitasking kernel.
>
> And *here* you were saying it ran on a C-64 or Vic 20.  But now you are
> suggesting a ROM replacement.

Do try to keep up. Nothing in that sentence suggests a ROM replacement.

> |* Windowing system with themeable GUI toolkit.
>
> Well, it must be nice to offer Windows enthusiasts an alternative to
> their damnably bad OS.\

An OS that allows millions of people to get their work done is not bad. Bad
are the (in relative terms) handful of geeks that spew BS about their own
sluggish, bloated and unfriendly OS and the even fewer diehard antique fans
who are in denial.

If it's fun, do it but don't compare your little toy to the millions of
seriously powerful PC's out there that get real work done in the real world.
Windows is an OS that despite a few issues satifies the demands of millions
of everyday users worldwide, like it or lump it.

No amount of illogical and illinformed BS from you is likely to change that
fact anytime soon.