Dear Amiga Inc., Could I Make a Few Suggestions?

[Kees]

There is a nice article about the Amiga strategy on OSnews.com

"I have watched the progress of the "new Amiga" (OS and hardware) over the past couple of years. Given the past history of Amiga, I am happy to see that the company has been taken over by true fans of the Amiga OS, who have a workable vision. In general, I think you came up with a good overall strategy ..."

Read the entire article at OSnews.com

[RexxMast]

I found the article quite positive. He does
make some good points as well.

Btw...does anyone have any earthly idea how much
the SharkPPC line of cards is going to cost? It
seems to me by the time you buy the PCI bridge
and then add the cards, it's going to be quite
expensive, moreso than an AmigaOne it seems. :/

Just wondering...I haven't heard anything about
price on these.

[SlimJim]

He comments on the lack of updates to OS3.9:

"If it were Apple then they would have released a 3.9.1 by now".

He seems to have missed the recent BoingBag.
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SlimJim

[Step]

Hm, theres been plenty of updates and Apple never did go bancrupt or sold here and there so i would say 'Amiga' has done so much more than Apple ever would have done in the same situation.

[System]

I don't think he's right in saying, we need updates such as OS 3.9.1, because nobody would pay for such an update. And as has been said already, we had the BoingBags.
We need in fact OS 4 to get higher performance and hardware independancy, and this is what Amiga Inc is doing. New hardware is also going to be provided. The only thing we need is a distinctive case as I posted a few days ago in the forum.

[redrumloa]

Read the comment section. He has been politely corrected on several issues.

However he makes a good point in the comment section to. How is he supposed to know about Boingbag1 & 2 if he doesn't see it on Amiga's own website? This guy is not a part of the Amiga community, so how is he supposed to know OS3.9 is not owned by Amiga?

[Chathurawind]

This would be good for Amiga Inc.

[Chathurawind]

There was so much i could have said about the whole article... Thats why i didnt comment on OSnews.com.. it was going to take far too long to disect the article.

Nice, but, in areas not well researched, and in the end, he seemed like he wanted AmigaOS to be like Windows or MacOS!! or Want Amiga Inc to behave like Apple, which just wont happen because Apple have so much more money it isnt funny!!!

Did not enjoy the article!

[Tekoneiric]

I do broadband cable internet support. I think Amiga, Inc should provide a support site for other companies to reference when providing support to their customers. This is especially important to ISPs since they and their outsource companies have to setup the support info to provide a support base. ISPs would be quicker to support the Amgia OS if they didn't have to fork out the money for the materials and training. Even if a ISP didn't provide active support, Amiga Inc could cut some kind of deal to reference the Amiga support info on the ISP's site.

Andrea

[Marky_D_Sahd]

...All of which could manifest itself most immediately by Amiga Inc running some sort of news deal on Boing Bag.  It is important, when developing a product, not to losr site of the product you're developing.  True, the Boing Bag ain't no 4.0, but doncha' think that it merits some sort of recognition??
The other stuff is pretty obvious, really, I think?  Showy hardware, etc. etc..  Not really a lot to say, and a bit presumptuous, I think.  It's nice to be seen in public, though.

[Bobsonsirjonny]

Even if a ISP didn't provide active support, Amiga Inc could cut some kind of deal to reference the Amiga support info on the ISP's site.

Thats a proper suggestion! A generall support site  for company referal will be usefull when the Amiga breaks out again!

[Tekoneiric]

Getting support info is one of our biggest problems. People here at the outsource call center I work for have to data mine for info we need to help people even for Windows and Macs. We reply on screen shots and setup info to follow along with people on the phone. Microsoft and Apple don't even provide that. Of course like many companies we're only allowed to support Windows and Macintosh. It would be attractive for a ISP to support a OS or software package if the company that makes it would provide their own support resource.