Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-bee.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve From: eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: New OS for 520ST?? Message-ID: <375@ssc-bee.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 16:11:32 EDT Article-I.D.: ssc-bee.375 Posted: Wed Sep 18 16:11:32 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 06:53:22 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 34 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). -- Mike Eve Boeing Aerospace, Seattle ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve