Yes. And we could start writting software...
Who exactly? I don't see that many devs around anymore. And it would be really hard to attract anyone to platform with zero existing apps.
Do we have that much software right now ?
More than would be with x86, that is none.
If we exclude 68k software
But I don't. Granted I only use couple of the m68k apps anymore, but it is invaluable SW library to have in case you need something. Having aminet to look into is
way better than having no software at all. And no, UAE just doesn't cut it IMO.
And aren't already all native software available in x86 ?
No, for some hypothetical OS we have 0. Just being x86 doesn't automagically give you software.
Provided the OS and some third-party libs (SDL,...) are available, wouldn't it be possible to easily port these apps on an hypothetic x86 MorphOS ?
Only slightly easier when dealing with bad little endian dependant code. Other than that it wouldn't make porting easier.
But seems like people writting the original Quark/QBox also lived in such a dreamworld... I doubt Quark/QBox was only meant to run ABox... Or what a waste!
Quark works just fine thank you. Just because all the possibilities weren't used doesn't make it any less valuable. Not a waste at all.
I'm really wondring what's the fear of moving forward. This could not work at all, so what ? It's not for the money, right ? so...
There is no fear, there is the reality of the situation that I've explained couple of times already. Making 10 (20 in some cases) years of code suddenly work in an endian safe manner would be a massive workload, too much to handle. Coding drivers for every imaginable HW would be ever more work. Plus the quickly moving target the x86 is wouldn't make it any easier.
And no I couldn't write my own... Designing an OS is a huge work... And you need to be experienced in both OS design and programming. I'm in neither...
So I guess I can just ignore your comments in the future?