$1.2 million. Bun-tock-too-grillion. The figure means nothing. As we don't know exactly what it is representative of. As someone else stated - without seeing the contract...it could mean anything. We are priviliged enough to even know of the "$1.2 million" let alone any more information. What it is really saying I think is a marketing angle of "We are investing a s*&t load of money for the future benefit of the Amiga".
Having said the above (which is NOT to bash AEon's efforts/marketing in anyway) this is fantastic news that there is even more development occuring. The last 5-6 years (or so) of all different types of changes, new hardware, new software (OS and other), FPGA devices, small scale developments and a whole other raft of Amiga endeavours is something we really need to all embrace. It's a fantastic time to be an Amiga enthusiast of any flavour! And I think sometimes people/groups of people take for granted how fortunate they are.
Good luck AEon and others. And THANKYOU.