Merger between AmigaOne and Pegasos dev teams

[Samuar]

Here's a theory: An interesting solution to Amiga's development problems: merge the companies behind AmigaOne and Pegasos - to produce a real replacement and Amiga system environment. Such a radical thing might be what is needed to really re-start the Amiga following.

Somehow, though, I suspect it will never happen...

[Samuar]

Does anyone believe opening up the source under the GNU General Purpose Licence (GPL) Agreement would benefit AmigaOS?

It could drastically speed up the development, and help the followers of Amiga to feel more involved - so that it becomes their AmigaOS, rather than a corporate thang.

[Samuar]

What about convincing developers to leave their current projects, instead using their valuable skills on an open source project that could be available for ever?

I don't like to sound like an Anti-AmigaOS -ophile but, I dont have high hopes for AmigaOS 4. AmigaOne will only be worthwhile if the software is modern and useful.

I might be interested in porting a PPC Linux to AmigaOne or Pegasos. Already ported x86 Linux to SH4 based Sega Dreamcast :-)  Would anyone else be interested in creating or using said port?

[Samuar]

Thanks greenboy:

Who should I talk to/which sites should I be looking at?

[Samuar]

Development problems. Timescales. The longer amiga users wait, the more likely they are to be swallowed by x86 fanatics. Its only a matter of time before they give in to peer pressure, unfortunately. brand new x86 systems running linux are available for £350 - and if your a student, thats a tempting offer.

My concern is that I am studying Computer Science at UMIST, Manchester, U.K. - the Computation Dept. of which is rated highly - and I have not heard the word "Amiga" uttered once. I find that sad and daunting.

So, when is AmigaOS going to be released?

[Samuar]

Well, i think that proves such a merger could never happen. A pity.

[Samuar]

Fair comment.

However, unlike x86 and MacPPC communities, the members of the Amiga community, in my opinion, (given that it is smaller and has probably kept only the most hardcore amiga users from the old days) is probably perfectly capable of doing something with that source code, whether its producing applications that work better because they work with the OS better, or its producing patches to problems, bugs and (hopefully there wont be any) security problems.

I mean, nowadays, people who still use Amigas know how to get the most from them. They arent a stupid bunch, and I think they all deserve to play a bigger role in the development if they want to.