Re: A89: Re: A possible shell for the 89...

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Subject: Re: A89: Re: A possible shell for the 89...
From: "Bryan Rabeler" <rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 18:55:09 -0600
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Niklas Brunlid.

Bryan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jimmy Baker" <ashbar83@yahoo.com>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 6:18 PM
Subject: 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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Re: A89: Re: A possible shell for the 89...

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