teotwin wrote:
I just read the beta OS4 copy thread a second ago, and from what i see i can assume this.
Apparently Downix, is the FUD master...
According to the few leaks about AOS4...
it's not even in Alpha testing yet, as the complete package has yet to be assembled. Some 68k-based components intended for AOS4 are being beta-tested, but they'll have to be re-tested again once the package is assembled.
Sad really.
hehe, perhaps you should have done a little actual research before letting the foul s#!t fall from your mouth. hehehe, i laugh at thee.
I also see that they are quite confident that it has an impending release...
What do you mean? The interview once again confirmed what e.g. Downix, the Friedens and Hermans have said before, perhaps minus the 68k part in that specific thread which wasn't addressed at all.
I also note the vagueness and ambiguity about whether SNAP is to be included in 4.0 or a later revision.
I have every confidence in Hyperion and their contributors that they'll pull it off and make it a good product - eventually. But judging from what's said "officially" I don't expect to see it anytime soon, I'm afraid. It's not exactly a question of "OK, we've tested ExecSG and all components now, let's slap'em all together, maybe add some new stuff as we go along, and burn the CDs! Two more weeks!"
There apparently still is no complete OS to "beta test", only separate components. No feature-freeze seems to have taken place yet (the switch to SNAP, doubts about the inclusion of e.g. InstallerNG).
The best bit from the interview however
If Amiga goes bankrupt, our license is commuted to an exclusive license to develop AmigaOS further, for any platform, not just PPC
That's interesting. We've heard that "we've only got a license to do a PPC port" before, and others would be free to take it to other architectures. I think it's odd that they didn't negotiate themselves this license and this exclusiveness before, regardless of AInc being bust or not.
IMO it will never be widely accepted by the wider/public community while its stuck on expensive obsolete hardware.
True (although the Teron PX is "only" a couple of years obsolete if you restrict the comparison to PPC consumer computers). That of course goes for the "you're only allowed to buy this hardware from a
'special' vendor if you want to run AmigaOS" too. Catering only to the very few who are interested in this makes the whole project still-born, commercially. IMO.
BTW, "FUD" is a marketing technique that is intended to make potential customers feel Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt about a competing product/company. Everyone, please don't shout "FUD" as soon as you disagree with someone, or when someone expresses a hint of healthy skepticism and reasoning...
