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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« on: November 29, 2010, 07:54:43 AM »
Quote from: ElPolloDiabl;595202

So for those people who said 'the future is dead' explain how the end will come.


Amiga is Betamax.

As far as the end goes, it'll dwindle as successive computer using generations come into their own. Right now there are people who have completed highschool who weren't even born whilst C= were still a going concern.

In a few years time they will be graduates. Whole generations who, outside of a tiny handful of geeks, will never hear about, much less use an Amiga.

@Archan RE the fpga stuff: They're much smaller than the original hardware less delicate due to age and if the minimig is anything to go by, cheaper than "original" hardware of a comparative spec. As for uses for one, excluding games?

Demoscene stuff.

/me goes back to lurking :)
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Re: What is the future of Amiga?
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2010, 01:12:02 AM »
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AROS however given time is perfect for an open source desktop OS that could be mainstream, which is something that linux has been struggling to deliver for years and years.


AROS is decades out of date in terms of capabilities. If you want something as an alternative to linux/bsd, Haiku is in a far superior position in terms of what people would expect from a modern desktop, and tbh even it is somewhat out of date.
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