Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!bingvaxu!leah!jac423 From: jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Julius A Cisek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (somewhat lengthy and hot stuff) Message-ID: <1341@leah.Albany.Edu> Date: 8 Dec 88 20:26:46 GMT References: <5866@louie.udel.EDU>Organization: The University at Albany, Computer Services Center Lines: 15 In article , mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes: > The operating system is there for a reason. I won't use any piece of software > that is so arrogant it thinks it owns the machine, and I'm sure most of the > readers of this group feel the same way. Perhaps you should learn to program > efficiently using the resources the operating system provides. I have to disagree. Some programs simply couldn't be made without by-passing the OS routines. I really doubt that anything in the Amiga OS could draw the shapes in Starglider II fast enough. I know this is true on the ST and have no reason to think its different on the Amy. -- What about technology, computers, .------------------. J.A.Cisek nuclear fusion? I'm terrified of |Spectral Fantasies| jac423@leah.albany.edu radiation, I hate the television. `------------------' jac423@rachel.albany.edu