HyperionMP wrote:
This is not really newsworthy but I can assure all of you that OS 4 development is proceeding nicely.
That's good to hear, thanks!
(If you had phrased it "on schedule and rocking" we would have cocked our guns.
)
But I guess you posted this in response to the much discussed post by Ben Yoris on amigaimpact.com, which never questioned that development was proceeding.
Nearly all of the functionality described in the feature-list has now been implemented.
A team of 60+ people has been beta-testing [...]
Could you clarify a bit on this please? If all functionality hasn't been implemented, the OS can't be in beta-testing by definition. Are you talking about beta-testing of separate parts and modules?
It's however very hard to estimate exactly when OS 4 will hit end-users because we are committed to delivering a bug-free product but the idea that it won't be ready before the end of the year is completely off the mark.
So "when it's ready" has been narrowed down to "in 2003" then.
Since it looks like Yoris' post was originally in response to someone mentioning "March 2003", could you please clarify what
this announcement was supposed to mean exactly. I'm referring to this part:
The first of these shows will be the official launch of the AmigaOne and AmigaOS4.0, to occur at the CeBit show in Germany in March (and before anyone asks, this does not mean this is the release date for AmigaOS4.0, it means that CeBit will be the public launch of it).
I wonder what the difference between "release" and "launch" is supposed to be. It's easy to see why this has caused confusion. If "launch" is not the same as "release", then what does it mean? "Announcing to the rest of the world that the AmigaOS4
project is in development", or what?