IonDeluxe wrote:
I think what is freaking SHADES out is that KMOS did not buy the entire company and is worries that it will just use what it bought as "spare parts" for something else.
It does give the impression - despite the sales pitch from AInc - that they are having a fire sale early, and does not bode well for the company.
KMOS, it seems, has given assureances it will continue development of the Amiga platform, so there is no need to worry about it.
But what is the use of the OS to them, whilst the market is still dwindling? How long are they likely to continue to develop for a platform that is beginning to fragment more each day? Despite their high reserves of cash, they still have responsibilities to their shareholders to give a good return on each dime/penny that they spend. Now that AInc have disposed of the OS, what incentive is there for them to continue developing any new & modern hardware?
If KMOS choose to develop a new OS which runs on the IBM compatible PC's the AOS is likely to become another OS2 casulty of the Windows domination.
Also, any brand awareness that the OS presently has (due to large numbers of ex-users) will disappear if the new OS is just marketed as another alternative to a Windows system.
