Review of AmigaOS 4.1.1 / Interview with Simon Archer

[dammy]

Huh, what a negative vibe I got from that interview...

This is the kind of stuff that made me think twice if I should keep my 4.1 system last year. Sold it because I want Amiga to be a positive thing, not a negative vibration of blame.

Other then the elitist attitude, I did pick up on a sense of futility in his statements.  If AmigaOne X1000 sales only reach low to mid three digits, one has to question the economic viability of the OS4 market. I have my doubts, and I think he does as well.

[dammy]

Yeah, I actually think X1000 will sell well (as in 'well' in the Amiga market). I think many old Aone owners will buy one to replace their old systems.

I'm sure some A1 owners will, but it's different times of when they bought the A1s.  Long has the economic good times gone by as hopes of being apart of a major Amiga revival the A1 had to offer. Today, we are staring at a lost decade of economics before us and the hopes of so many years ago have been dampened by reality of a ever evolving computer market that has clearly gone mobile.  I don't see a grossly expensive status symbol of yesteryear being able to sell that well in 2010.  YMMV

[dammy]

Not the most personable of people, so he nicely fits the computer programmer stereotype.  He is frustrated with how absurdly critical most of us are on this board.  Half the people on this board won't be happy with anything that doesn't surpass the latest PC and Mac technology, even though it needs to be done with almost no budget or personel!

Most probably want about equal hardware performance at equal or cheaper prices.   Paying far higher rates for lower performance hardware is the kiss of death.

[dammy]

Where Amigas are concerned, I'm in the x86 camp. But I qualify that with an "if it must be PPC, then Wii, XBox or PS3." These would at least get AmigaOS into the hands of enough people that a market could start to form... but, no... instead we continue down a route that has thus far proven to be a failure.

And I'm dazzled by the foolishnes.

What's the old definition of insanity, "constantly repeating an action and expecting a different outcome."  There is no significant market to tap into any more. Their sales numbers has proven this multiple times now with A1s and SAM sales.

What the real question is that is not being asked, can Hyperion survive another failed hardware venture?  How many failures will it take to drive home the point that there is no economically viable market left for expensive hardware which is bundled with closed source OS?  I think the fat lady maybe sharing the stage with the X1000, but time will tell.

[dammy]

BTW, anyone know the status of Anubis? Just wondering... They've been silent for a nearly a year now, raising concerns of vapor.

It's pretty much dead, I have little hope for it now.  I may fund something out of my own pockets in the 3rd quarter of this year if I am able to do so.