The A1 launch had a number of problems:
1) PRICE
2) buggy hardware
3) no useable Amiga OS, just a promise of one
4) availability
Now, the OS is available but there is no new hardware to use it on. That equals zero growth.
The hardware that has potential is even weaker than the A1 and still not worth the money as for OS4 to get ported with, a licensing fee will jack up the price to the usual overprice-underpowered levels that turns casual users off.
It's by picking up the casual users that will grow the market. Blue Ocean Stagedy. Follow Nintendo's example. Cheap hardware at a cheap price, let the software differentiate the experience.
In the meantime, AROS seems like the best option. Though in needs to be better organized where development is concerned. Too many people doing small projects and the right (bigger) projects not getting the right priority.
Here's my suggestions for AROS:
1) Make TeamAROS an organized group that decides developmental focus
2) define projects by priority
3) pool the bounty money towards the projects by priority
4) out on a limb idea - go after VC funds and turn into a Red Hat by selling support services for AROS if you insist on the OS being free (like linux), use this VC funding to hire full-time developers and get is 100% useable, then sell support
