• Jim
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    Jim
    Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
    From: Delaware, USA
    Yes, the us against them thing is overblown.
    I get it most from the OS4 fanatics, and not all OS4 users are that fanatical (some of our posters have copies of that).
    And I need to remember that I have some friends in both of the other two "camps" (heck, there are four factions if you count the legacy only guys/gals).

    The purchase of FinalWriter was a pretty cool move.
    I am definitely in favor of native apps.
    The Linux ports like Firefox or OpenOffice just slow us down further.

    One thread I see in not just my life, but everyone's in general, is a need to be less confrontational and more open.

    I was a little biased against AROS by my earlier experiences (but then, all Amiga OS related projects were a slight challenge for me originally, I am NOT a "native" to this environment).
    Once the drivers progressed a bit more, and especially after I saw some of the cool OpenGL demos (GLxcess in particular) I have too admit, I have definitely grown in my appreciation of the OS.

    Then there are the bounty programs (some promoted by Bill Buck's Power2people organization), hey successful funding...cool.
    "Never attribute to malice what can more readily explained by incompetence"
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