"A couple of clarifications" from Bill McEwen

[Colin_Camper]

This is great.

Your clarifications are pretty much where I interpreted your answers first time round. I can understand where the cynics and naysayers come from though! :-o

It's good that everyone is talking again - I am looking forward to the new OS4 hardware!

I hope you can even work a good deal with your old adversaries - OS4 needs to be shipping on a mature, solid home before this christmas!

[legion]

@Bill

Holy crap!! You mean... we're about to have an open dialog?  With Amiga Inc?

After all these years!?


Umm... somebody pinch me.   :lol:

[cecilia]

Am I right when i believe the state of Delaware gives companies some benefits that other American states doesnt provide? for example regarding tax and/or responsability??

that's correct. I'm american so I immediately assumed the Delaware address was related to exactly that situation.

My "confusion" has been between the Washington address and the NY "mail drop" address. I took pictures of the building and the third floor listing. This was mainly to help find "where" AI actually was for the person who is still owed money by, well, Somebody or Something that at one point was called "Amiga Inc,". I'm still not sure at this point who is what. :getmad:

[Crumb]

@Bill

as OS5 has been in development for two years could you show us "something"?

[CD32Freak]

@cecilia

Hahaha...that was very clever of you to investigate their address, Jane Bond ;-)

[wajdy]

OS4/5 -> release date?
OS5 -> supported HW?

I guess you owe us (Loyal Amigans) some firm facts! :rtfm:

Your clarifications are highly appreciated

[cecilia]

Hahaha...that was very clever of you to investigate their address, Jane Bond

:-D  just wanted to help a fellow amiga user out.

[cecilia]

personally, I'd rather see OS4 come out (well, it's already "out") WITH some HW. I'd like to see all the hard work done by the programmers and developers come to fruition.

I've seen OS4 so I already know it's way cool, but I'd like others to see this as well.

OS5 can't possibly be at a stage where it can be placed in users hands. I see no point in fantasizing about it now. OS4 is happening NOW. ALL we need is the freakin' HW!

GET THE HW!

priorities, boys!

[T_Bone]

> Holy crap!! You mean... we're about to have an
> open dialog? With Amiga Inc?

Nope, Amiga Inc of Deleware. Next best thing I guess. :-P

> After all these years!?

AIoD has only been around for a while. ;-)

[Plaz]

having your every word interpreted, re-intepreted, misinterpreted, analyzed, dissected, spun, massaged, clarified, confused, etc., etc. You should try it some time.)

I think we've all been there a few times. Welcome to the internet. :-P

The Amiga community having the history it has and the abundance of sharp analytical minds (for the most part :lol:) is a terribly tough crowd to entertain especially when you have to come on stage and confess that you can't reveal 100% of all facts (for what ever reason). Of course we're going to try and fill in the blanks with the some of the most imaginative topics possible, even if it's no where near reality. I personally give you high marks for making the appearance and responding to questions and wish all things Amiga eventual success. I have to remain skeptical though. But that's me every day. Don't take it personally.

Plaz

[TheMagicM]

Thank you for the clarifications.  

Like Crumb said... if OS5 is in development.. post some screenshots.  Show the community why you've been so quiet.  Update your website with OS5 info etc.

-Alex

[Argo]

According to the Freidens Q&A at BB4, they were contacted about two months ago by Amiga, Inc. about writing the kernel for OS5. So, I would assume they don't even have anything near an alpha. Probably at most just some OS components.

[redfox]

Thanks for the clarification.

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redfox

[Tomas]

Thanks again for making another follow up to these questions.
I think having more communication is a very good thing.

[sdyates]

Mr McEwen,

Thanks for the clarification and further update. We very much appreciate recent direct communications. We love this technology and are always scrambling to find hardware to keep our decades old amigas running. I look very forward to being able to purchase new technology and a new OS.

Your efforts are appreciated. And when the time comes, we will all help spread the word as we did many years ago.

Thanks,
Simon

[Atheist]

Dear Mr. B. McEwen,

I as a fanatical follower, and ever a defender of Amiga don't understand why it took soooooooooo long to do this? I mean come forward and answer many/some or any questions at all.

Why is that?

Now, that you're working on OS5, can AOS4.0 SW run on it unmodified? Is it 64 bit? Is it SMP capable?

If it can't use AOS4.0 SW, we'll be in the same boat as we are now, broswerless, and no office application SW either. We need a version of Basic, too.

What, in your opinion, is the lifespan of AOS4.0, and why is AOS4.0 not able to be built upon, that version 5.x is needed already?

I'm not against progress, but it seems too soon to look forward, when what is currently on offer is now sorely lacking.



If you have funds to code the next iteration, why don't you put some into getting the Amiga Phantasy case up and running?

This case is BETTER than putting ads on televison IMO!!!!!!