Lempkee,
first, don't worry about flaming....I don't see criticism in that light very often.
If my words are perceived as slaughtering hope, then I have to consider that, and amend my words accordingly.
Becuase, its not my intention to suggest their is no hope. If there was no hope, I wouldn't be here. I clearly have hope.
But, what I have to say, is that Amiga is not in a competitive position at this time and doesn't provide unique value.
Windows has gotten better. XP is fairly stable now, more so than Amiga OS 3.9. But lets look at the future, I look for things like mdac, and ole-db, and future file store, and I see them in windows, I see equivalent technologies, sometimes better in Mac OS X....linux has its purpose in providing some enterprise level tools for free (not friendly to the average user though).
But, where is the value for Amiga right now...only to dyed-in-the-wool hardcore amigans right now, not to 'switchers.'
PNG icons aren't going to cut it, I want to see some innovation...you know, the original AmigaOS was amazing with its multitasking at a time when most OS's did not have it.
But thats old hat now, what have they done lately, what do they even plan to do? There is some talk about OS 5, which, cough...well I won't kill any hope on that.
As for MorphOS, hey, they continue to make progress, and I can only assume in the future they will get there...
hope yes.
But convert people today...no way.
I like Amiga, but I like my friends too, and I'm not leading them down the path...they would be disappointed by the lack of features they now expect as standard in an operating system.
A world class browser, rock solid stability, ability to purchase software and add-in at their local store.
but give me something, give me a wedge, some angle, and I'll promote it to the people for whom it does provide value...I'll do it...just show me the way.
