Initially I was quite happy with idea of some updates for OS3.1, the more I think about it I really don't see much reason for it.
Look, if you don't want it, don't buy it. But I've seen here people for years complaining that there is no update, that they need to hack up their system, that the owners/licensors are so bad that they do not support the system anymore.... Now we get an update, and it's also wrong.
I did not even bother to install OS3.1, went straight to OS3.9+BB 1, 2, 3 and 4. I really think there is plenty of updates floating around for OS3.1 and OS3.9 (updates? Take AmiKit!? - this is AMAZING what can be done)
And how do you know that this all works together? We have tons of some third-party upgrades of excellent to mediocre quality, but not integrated into the Os. Just tons of patches floating around.
It is not like new updates add new functionality to my system... such as Office 98 
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No, you don't, and you won't, and nobody is going to make an Office for Amiga. It's a retro system. If you need a system for productivity, get a PC.
I'm going to sell all this Amiga stuff and play Angry Birds on my phone with 4GB ram.
Please do. There are certainly collectors out there that are keen to get another system. Complaining that Amiga is way back behind does not help. It will remain way back behind, as it was left behind 30 years ago, and it will not catch up anymore. The whole point here is that it is a museum piece.
My point is (?) that we (I'm just a customer!) don't have much of productivity software that is up to date.
Right, and it won't come. This ship sailed away a long time ago. The system is too small, too slow, too outdated, misconstructed to be useful for anything even remotely modern.
I think I'm not alone in this, but "pimping my Workbench" become main use of AmigaOS, new clock, calendar, new icon set, new background, another picture viewer, DVD recorder etc. etc. and that IS OK, and it still can be in future, but...
And I personally do not even care about "pimping the workbench". Mine looks rather basic. I don't mind. This is not what I use the system for.
In some way I would like to have AmigaOS that... my wife could use for her business.
Won't work, won't happen. M$ will not port Office to Amiga, not now, not in any distant future. Get her a Mac or a PC. We don't even have any decent printer drivers and we won't make new ones.
Personally I see AmigaOS as system that is "SECURE, light, fast, virus free, don't track every single click on your keyboard and reads all your emails, and downloads
Amiga is nothing of that. It is not secure, it has no idea about security at all. It is neither virus free. It lacks any serious means to defeat any type of virus, neither any isolation or mechanism to disrupt user tracking. The only reason why such malware does not exist is because the system is not worth considering for the authors of such software. Other than that, writing malware on the Amiga is considerably easier than on any other system, given its total lack of protection. The whole Os concept is so completely outdated, it is totally out of scope to even think about adding it. Forget it, won't happen.
If you want privacy, get a Linux system.
What we get here with 3.1.4 is a bugfix release. Only that. It is "clean up and take down the trash". Not less, not more. It will not give you a modern system. If you want a modern system, go to Wallmart and buy one. If you want a system that respects your privacy, also go to Wallmart, then download and install Linux.
