MorphOS for AmigaONE

[Casper]

Since they don't make any money from MorphOS I don't think they see it as worth the effort and cost to do it. I don't think they gain much by it, it would only open them up to more competition from the A1 since they now run the same OS (Eyetech could potentially steal pegasos/morphos customers by undercutting their prices).  

I also think there's so much bad blood between the two "factions" now so MorphOS for A1 would be like a sign of defeat for them now.

[Casper]

@Joanna

Well.. Somehow I don't belive Eyetech could (or even want to) suddenly slash their prices in about a half of what they are now selling. There is so much excess baggage on Aone pricing (deals with Hyperion, Ainc, Mai etc..) that they can't compete on pricing.

I don't know wether or not they'd be able to undercut Genesi. My point was that as long as MorphOS doesn't run on the AmigaONE it is not possible for Eyetech to "steal" MorphOS customers by undercutting the price of the Pegasos. If they port MorphOS to the A1 they would open themselves to this possibiliy.

I also think there's so much bad blood between the two "factions" now so MorphOS for A1 would be like a sign of defeat for them now.

Hmm? defeat of who? Please explain this one a bit, cause it was quite oracular  (oracle like)

I'm sorry for being a bit unclear with that statement.

What I meant was that, as you said yourself, there's been a lot of mudslinging going on  between Genesi/MorphOS on one side and Eyetech/AInc/Eyetech on the other side. So if either one of them were to agree to a MorphOS port (or a port of OS4 for that matter) on the other side's terms would be like admitting what they have previously said was basically wrong (i.e. admitting defeat).



 

[Casper]

@KennyR

As JoannaK said, that's a pretty oracular statement to make at this time, Casper. You don't know how good OS4 is or how it compares to MorphOS. There is already a huge gulf in their developments and OS4 won't run on an A1 for God knows how long. It may be that in the actual end users will actively beg for MOS, regardless of Genesi's stance. Better than linux for months, anyway.

My inability to express myself clearly seem to have caused a few people to interpret my statement in a way I didn't intend to, and I appologise for that.

See my reply to JoannaK above  where I try to explain what I actually tried to say.  :-)