Why AmigaOS 4.0 is going to be successful…

[nac]

Is it the general opinion that the release of AOS 4 will unite the Amiga platform and users and give a definite standard where we can all start?

I know there are a few alternative OS's around but I have no experience of any of these. I am wondering if there is already too much fragmentation in the community. Will people who use one of the alternatives want to switch to AOS 4? Although I understand that you would need a PPC machine for  AOS 4.

[nac]

And to do that effectively means tv advertising more than anything else. Unfortunately, that's the Catch 22 the Amiga faces. It's expensive. Adverts in computer mags will never get the Amiga brand where it needs to be to achieve anything like the success many people hereabouts think it deserves.

Slightly off topic but I dont actually remember there being any ads on  UK TV for the Amiga during its reign. I know there were some in the US. Were there any in the UK?

I would love the Amiga to reappear in high street shops as they once did under Escom. Sitting in the window running some killer app that grabs attention. So many times I remember seeing the boring old bog standard Workbench screen, how was that gonna generate interest.

 I doubt that this will happen though.