One thing that could help drive the Amiga is that it isn't Windows. Amiga should chose markets where being a small player is a plus. Windows is so ubiquitous that it is very easy to hack or have infected by spyware or viruses. I doubt the markets for dedicated computing devices where sensitive information is made available would go to a Windows client or server. Medical systems - hospital devices, home care medical devices, financial systems - ATM, cash registers, POS systems, automation systems - robotics, vending machines. There are entire industries that rely on such equipment, even when the economy is weak healthcare, banks, foodservice, and manufacturing continues.
These are systems that are perfect for the Amiga. The thing they need though are great RAD development tools such as AmigaVision or Macromedia products, and mature visual C, JAVA, or BASIC programming tools that support advanced technology such as XML and SOAP.
Amiga would then be wise to court large companies such as Panasonic, Sharp, and Sony to use the Amiga OS in their products.
The sales and use of the OS in these devices would help feed Amiga in the business end so that it could supply general computing devices for the hobby end of the market. The most we could hope for is to have the Amiga be as strong as it was when the A500 was released.
