I don't agree that the Amiga is dead. If for nothing else, the amount of traffic on this site, Amibay, EAB, etc. should be proof enough that there are a steamy pant load of people out there not only still using Amiga's, but, buying and selling amongst themselves, talking about them, working together solving problems and, of course, having conversations just like this one, which center around the Amiga.
Personally, I prefer things the way they are now. Commodore is out of the picture, which is good because they were idiots. Amiga inc. appears to be making tablets or something like that now, which is fine since the Amiga inc brand seemed to do little for the community anyway. Gateway failed the Amiga, thankfully, given the trash they peddle, I cant imagine the junk they would have slapped together with the Amiga name on it.
The Amiga feels like more of a community driven architecture now, and there are people making things for it here and there, otherwise, AmigaKit wouldn't have anything to sell.
It is true that people are needed to write software for it and it's fine to get frustrated and voice your anger about that shortcoming. However, if you really feel that strongly, don't just complain, do something about it. Grab a compiler from somewhere and start learning.
On paper the idea of having some big company come along and start making Amiga's again might sound good, but, is that what you really want? Take a look at the goofy Amiga inc. site, to each his own I guess, but, I am not sure that I would want my beloved Amiga OS to be boiled down to a weak tablet OS. It's just not fitting. What's next? An Amiga phone perhaps? (aPhone? hmmm ...)
I guess the old saying is really true, you should watch what you wish for, you just might get it.
