#: 6592 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    08-Sep-90  09:55:04
Sb: #6576-##pt68k & herc graphics
Fm: Jack Crenshaw 72325,1327
To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 (X)

Whew.  That's a relief, Bill.  When I first saw the Mac, I fell in love with
all the slick graphics stuff.  I also bought one of the first Amigas.  I
quickly fell out of love again when I learned;

(1) How much of the computer resources, both CPU time and memory, go into
supporting the stuff

(2) How _HUGE_ the applications are

(3) The fact that programming for a GUI can become your life's work

My idea of the ideal OS is one that's absolutely minimalist, but also modular. 
In other words, all I really want the OS vendor to build in is the essentials:
File system, file & device I/O, and program control.  Then anybody who wants to
can add their own favorite user interfaces.  I'm working on one like thap`3or
the PT-68.

Jack



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