XPost: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy, alt.os.linux
From: niet@home.com
"Ochal Christophe" wrote in message
news:2qOdndcU48uDUu7cRVnyvQ@scarlet.biz...
> Ben van de Echte wrote:
>
>> "7 Habits Of Highly Effective Penii" wrote in message
>> news:Xns9585B9B732392spamspamsnuhspam33@207.14.113.17...
>>
>>>tpalfrey@zool.com (Terry) wrote in news:97865901218
>>>@a1a65803.sympatico.bconnected.net:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Noel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>222 345445 <2885n0545ulj2ilr03ij8ll8vv5pm0hu8r@4ax.com>
>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:15:12 +0800, "Ben van de Echte"
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>The only thing silly off-topic is your pro-linux on PC rant in an XP
>>>>>>vs
>>>>>>AmigaOS advocacy thread.
>>>>
>>>>>Who declared this an XP vs AmigaOS thread? Did I miss something?
>>>>
>>>>Some dork who thought he should compare a johnny come lately OS
>>>>and hardware configuration as the be all and end all when the Amiga
>>>>has been doing things far longer albeit in a different fashion.
>>>>
>>>>Non sequitur and strawmen are powerful arguments until they
>>>>are challenged for what they are.
>>>>
>>>>Terry
>>>
>>>As soon as XP can run in one meg of memory with no hard drive, I'll
>>>consider looking at it.
>>>
>>
>>
>> As soon as AmigaOS can boot from a floppy disc and do what QNX can do you
>> might have a leg to stand on. Until then, dream on.
>
> It might be possible to squeeze a part of AOS & a browser on a floppy
> drive :D
Well I tried but never managed it. It wouldn't have been anything near as
elegant as the QNX demodisk even if it had been possible.
There are a few graphical DOS browsers that will run from floppy, some with
mail and news as well.
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