It would suprise me if we have anything called
OS5 by 2010.
I think the problem nowdays is( of course funding ) but
also the attitude that "amiga can't compete with windows"
is not helping to move the platform forward.
Instead years ago, those in charge should have done what
Mac did now. They should have thought "Yes we have an OS that can compete with windows because its just that good" and went head on challenging Windows on those x86'es. I wonder what did they think they got to loose? The userbase
disappeared anyway.
I know it's easy to speak afterwards of what should have
been done, but as long as Amiga is heading where it's headning now there is NO future what so ever....unless you are 100% pleased to be a hobbyist on a hobbyist os.
It's also interesting to see the originals, Sassenrath, Haynie being so openminded towards general hardware. You
would expect them to be "loyal" to the Amigas roots but as
I see it they grew with the rest of the world and actually
sees the things with an open mind.
They have no built in legacy support in their thoughts about Amiga :-)