Re: A89: Re: A possible shell for the 89...
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Re: A89: Re: A possible shell for the 89...
Question: Who is Prefect? (aside from the Douglas
Adams character)
--- Miles Raymond <m_rayman@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
> Everything will die. There is no more truth than
> that. Accept it as fact
> if you cannot understand why.
>
> As for shells/OSs, if no one develops for it, it
> might be continued to be
> developed and features included. It will not be
> popular, but it will exist.
> It may last only a while. It will eventually die.
> If everyone develops for
> it, then it will be continued to be developed and
> features included. It
> will be popular and last a while, but it too will
> eventually die. If
> popularity were the only thing that Prefect desired
> to attain, then Prosit
> might die soon. I doubt this highly, as Prefect
> mentioned not his shell to
> the TI community until it's initial release.
>
> Popularity is a whole other ballgame. Prosit
> doesn't need many developers
> to survive, it only needs one developer: Prefect.
>
> -Miles Raymond EML: m_rayman@bigfoot.com
> ICQ: 13217756 IRC: Killer2 AIM: kilier2
> http://www.bigfoot.com/~m_rayman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jimmy Baker" <ashbar83@yahoo.com>
> To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 3:33 PM
> Subject: Re: A89: Re: A possible shell for the 89...
>
> > Neither were MSDOS programs...
> > But that's the main reason Windows became popular.
> > Brunlid has two choices: gain support now, or he
> can
> > wait and hope somebody starts developing for
> Prosit.
> >
> > My opinion: What good is shell if it can only run
> the
> > demo programs that came with it? If no one
> develops
> > for it it will die.
> >
> > Sorry, Niklas.
>
>
>
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