I want to buy any hardware I want from whomever I want with or without whatever OS I want whenever I want.
While I agree with the idea, the sad truth is that many who do this and "build their own" simply use a pirated copy of the OS from a friend or the same copy they already have running on 4 other systems and intall it on the newly built system.
In other words, if you buy a new board with a 1GHz G4 to replace the initial A1 G3SE board, and move your copy of Amiga OS4 to the new system, then what happens with the old board? You sell it to someone else? Will they buy a copy of OS4 to run on it or will they just simply install the same copy they are running on their other A1 system(s)? Or will you make them a copy of the AmigaOS4 cd so they can intall it? (esentially using the same copy you have)?
PLEASE NOTE: I am NOT saying that you would personally do this, but these are questions that Amiga have to address to ensure sales for their product will be in high enough volume. And higher sales volume means it will be easier to attract developers to the platform, while at the same time providing Amiga with cash flow from the product to fund future development. That's how I see it.
