NO OS4 BEFORE END OF YEAR!!!

[T_Bone]

I doubt Hyperion would keep that under wraps, although I wouldn't be surprised if it takes another 6 months or so. (Not because of anything implied about Hyperion, I'm just saying it's a HUGE job)

Eyetech had the easy part

[T_Bone]

> But then Hyperion can just clarify this and say that
> the OS4 launch is as announced in March 2003 at
> CeBit.

It would be nice if they addressed this, but I won't hold it against them if they confirm it's still a ways off. It's no small task porting an OS.

[T_Bone]

To be fair AFAIK there is no official release date.

[T_Bone]

> So you telling us that Hyperion has lied to us??
> How can they announce it will be finished before
> march 2003, when they allready know it wont be
> finished before atleast end of 2003?? how can this
> be?

DID they announce an official release date of March? (honest question, I've been under a rock

[T_Bone]

> Ah here.. A joined message of Amiga inc, Hyperion
> and Eyetech.

Oh... That.  I usually take those grandiose announcements with a grain of salt, they announce Amithlon2.0 there too ;0

I guess I have no other choice but to wait and see.

[T_Bone]

> making an OS is VERY difficult
> and time consuming task.

Especially considering that this is arguably the largest AmigaOS developement project to date.

[T_Bone]

> This does not appear to be valid, but FUD!

I'm not saying any of this is true one way or the other, but just because something may be FUD does not means it's not valid.

If you FEAR a product, you're UNCERTAIN of a product, and you DOUBT the product, then chances are, either someone representing the product needs to get into gear addressing the problem, or the consumer should choose a product they're more comfortable with.

Just thought I'd point that out, as the word "FUD" is a bit overused around here lately, and usually used incorrectly. "FUD" does not mean "Rumor that's untrue."

On a side note, this may be a "Rumor that's untrue." anyway )

[T_Bone]

> okay then, if this is true... Im out of here.

Realistically, nobody knows when it's going to be done, not Ben Yoris, not Ben Hermans, nor you or I. I wouldn't be too hard on them for not being able to pin it down to a certain week, you have many people working at different speeds on different parts of an OS. It's anyones guess really, but personally I doubt it will take untill next year.

Would it really be such a bad thing if it does take the rest of this year? At least with the commitments being made to OS4/A1 that are quite visible, it's at least obvious that this isn't vapor or a hoax, and that something will actually materialise, unlike many projects in the past, and possibly 'those' T-shirts.

[T_Bone]

> Yes it would. You start loosing people by that.

You're right, of course, but out of curiousity, I wonder how many people would leave. The people who were willing to shell out for an A1 arn't a fickle bunch, the pricetag pretty much filtered out the fickle!

> There is no way anyone will wait for the end of this
> year for OS4. How sad that might be.

I hear ya, I remember the bomb Eyetech dropped last year :/ (although it's worked out for the better IMO)

If it's going to take another year, I don't know if there's anything Hyperion can do about it. The wait might be a lot easier if they'd be a little more liberal with progress and details, BIG JUICY technical details not the marketing prose on Amiga.com, a public (well, to boardowners) beta might make the wait easier as well.

[T_Bone]

> Yes, cause then AmigaONE would be VERY
> outdated, in a year from now.

Well, that's a given weather or not the OS is released by then

> They shouldent have released the AmigaONE
>  either before the OS was ready... Then atleast the
>  HW would be a bit more current.

It's kind of a chicken/egg thing I believe, they need to develope on something. (of course they could have just ordered a few developer boards, and tweaked as needed near release time for new hardware)

ugh. Can you imagine being the one to have to break that news to all of us here? =0

[T_Bone]

> If O/s 4 is going to be another year (or more ?)
> Then I might as well persuade Paul to part with the
>  £600 he's saved up and put it towards that 52"
> television I saw in Miller Bros last weekend !!

Bah! get both!

(Where the heck is BenH? hey man, PR meltdown here!!! I can't hold them off much longer!!) No! no! it's all slipping awaaaaayyyyyyyyyy.........

Sorry, I've had way too much coffee today :/