Amiga OS 5 prediction

[iMacMiga]

Shut Apple, Microsoft and A. Inc in a room with a can of petrol and a match. Apple would make a really easy to use petrol fire that was ultimately very hard to alter, but did what they wanted really well. Microsoft would try and copy it but get it wrong and cause an explosion... A. Inc would probably put the match out by drowning it in the petrol, but claim they had plans for a really good fire, and they'd get it burning real soon

As for OS5. It's not going to happen. If it does it'll never be a patch on OS X, Vista or most frontline Linux distros, and it'll be so late it'll be out of date, just like OS 4.

[iMacMiga]

jarroyo wrote:
A unix clone would simply not suffice, and was done already by Apple.

Why the hell not? If it's a good OS who cares who did it first, or what it's based on. The quality of the product and it's technological advantages are the key issue, not, as many Apple users would have you believe, who copied who. The entire industry spends it's whole time copying each other. Some companies still remain better.

UNIX is a robust and standardized base, and is widely trusted and respected. An OS with modern features based on that sort of reputation could propel the Amiga name back to the limelight. Good though I'm sure it is (I've never used it), QNX is niche OS with only a fraction of the reputation. If they can make a good OS based on QNX then all power to them, but writing off a UNIX variant-based Amiga OS on the basis of other companies getting there first is ridiculous.