Let me see if I have this right ... now some of you want a choice?
MorphOS for Pegasos
AmigaOS4 for AmigaONE
AmigaOS4 for Pegasos
MorphOS for AmigaONE
Personally, I think this is a very interesting idea.
But we have to face reality ...
Genesi and Amiga Inc./Eyetech/Hyperion are in fact competitors.
Generally, there are only four reasons why competitors would work together (it has nothing to do with the needs or wishes of the actual customers):
1) There is a mutually beneficial economic reason to do so.
2) One trying to use diplomacy to get the upper hand on the other.
3) One trying to use strong-arm tactics to get the upper hand on the other.
4) The competitors are joining forces to keep an invader out of the market.
The first one is used by companies of roughly equal size as a mutually beneficial way to cut down on the cost of competing in a small market. Generally, they have duked it out for years with no clear winner. Both companies end up making some sacrifices for the common (economic) good.
The second one is used by a larger company to swallow up a smaller competitor that provides service in an area that the larger one wants to serve or does not serve yet.
The third one is used by a company that wants to stamp out the competition. Sometimes this involves dropping the price of the goods to force their competitor to lose money if they wish to continue competing. Sometimes it means spreading misinformation to sully the reputation of the other, or taking advantage of the other's weaknesses, misfortunes or mistakes.
The last one is a last ditch effort by both companies to stay alive by working together to push out a third competitor or an invader that is theatening both of them.
Will Genesi and AI/Eyetech/Hyperion ever work together? IMHO the answer is NO.
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redfox
