I hope it is the future or at least a close second. I do wish OS4 all the best. However, for me at least, I have been burnt twice. Once when Commadore went bust and then when BeOS went belly up. I simply find it hard to trust a coperation trying to put out a desktop OS. There are so many things in the way. In the case of the new Amiga, I think it is the hardware. It is just so outdated and expensive. It is unlikly that the scale of economics will ever allow them to compete price wise.. I honestly wish more of the Amiga community would take part in Aros, but that is just me... If it were ready I would use it in a heartbeat. If there was commerical software for it, I would buy it... I am probably not the only one.... There are so many talented devlopers in this community. Can you image what Aros would be like if more of them were working on it?? It would ROCK!!