Re: [MiNT] Re[2]: GEM boost

[evan@coolrunningconcepts.com]

Quoting Maurits van de Kamp <maurits@bassment.nu>:
> It does. It's this whole "unixy geeky" reputation that keeps people away from

Hopefully we can change that.

> MiNT. But the real underlying reason for the statistics is of course much
> easier: In the early 90s, MagiC was the easiest way to go and you only used
> MiNT if you had a special reason to. Nowadays, the few remaining Atarians

I've been using MiNT before there was a MagiC.   I remember when my MF30 died
and I got the 512MB SCSI drive .. never thought that could be filled up ever!

> just use their Atari nostalgicly and hence they are not going to change
> platforms on it now, no matter how nice EasyMiNT is (most don't even know it
> exists). SpareMiNT and EasyMiNT came too late to make a significant change in
> this.

It would take some really great apps that only work on MiNT/XaAES to cause the
change I think.  I was just wondering if there are specific features of MagiC
or  other issues that make it more attractive - things we could address.

> By the way, I don't know where this 50% statistic comes from but I wonder if
> it's accurate today; seeing the activity of developers on the MiNT side in
> recent years I'm starting to doubt it.

I don't believe its accurate either, but I'm hated enough already, so I don't
need to go disagreeing with statistics that I have no clue about at all.
Playing devils advocate doesn't get you many friends, but it does occasionally
make people think about the flip-sides of issues.