Magic-Merl wrote:
This is not entirely a complaint but the Amiga as far as a new hardware/software platform is in it's infancy.
I was very upset to see that OS4 pre-release is available via e-mule.
It is?
Now I have to say that I am a hypocrite. I download stuff from e-mule constantly - but when I saw this I was offended. Yes, offended.
I wouldn't take it personally...
I was looking for adf's and purely by coincidence found it. I suppose for the moment it doesn't really matter as OS4 is only available with an Amiga One and it doesn't run on anything else - but when it is available as a standalone product will we suffer the same fate at the hands of the pirates.
Probably. But I don't expect we will see a standalone product any time.
As a comparison - does OSX suffer from a similar problem and how does that affect Apples market.
OSX has been available on just abotu every P2P network for ages. It doesn't affect Apple, as the cheapest PPC hardware to run the thing on is an Apple...
It's a clever marketing strategy, that the Amiga cartel has yet to figure out.