If you ask me the next step for the Amiga is really quite obvious.
You have MS and Sony at eachother's throats in the console market.
You have MS allowing other companies to license its next generation XBox hardware based on PPC tech and graphics tech far superior to what'll be out for a long time, and then at a ridiculous cost. MS want to out-clone Sony just as the Amiga and Mac got out-cloned.
They also want their XBox format to be THE format for games, and like everything MS, it looks like they'll eventually succeed, forcing Sony to be a betamax format. Sony and perhaps Nintendo might need to fight back by allowing manufacturers to clone their hardware too.
So what KMOS needs to do: (Genesi is a HW company so it can't do this aside from not owning the Amiga trademark)
License the XBox(or other) tech, make it in partnership with another hardware manufacturer. This would allow the next gen Amiga to run XBox2 hardware hitting games and AmigaOS applications and games. Its gotta be branded as an Amiga. Maybe call it the Amiga X.
So you need to port AmigaOS4 to XBox2, and have it in flash ram so it boots instantly.
Bring it out as a console computer, complete with a keyboard, mouse and games controller, optionally wireless operated. Its gotta be a full computer, and not just a console. Maybe make a garage for a small wireless keyboard/mouse(touchpad or nipple)/games controller all in one.
Put in all that wireless stuff that'll obviously be used for downloading movies on demand and AmigaDE software via broadband to portable devices like PDAs.
Make it so the kids beg their parents to get an XBox2 compatable Amiga. It'll be more expensive than a typical XBox2 but in some respect far cooler, and they can tell their parents they can do their homework on it. (Hey it worked twice for me). Make sure they have all the tools they need to be productive out of the box.
You have to make the Amiga the premium XBox2(or other) compatable, with extra memory, HD and DVR options and all that cool wireless and capacity networks stuff. Its gotta be the thinking man's XBox2. Its for those people who want an XBox but feel ashamed at buying just a toy. It needs to also be the center of their home entertainment system.
The next gen consoles are hardware waiting to be utilised.
If I was KMOS I'd be in negotiations with MS, Sony or Nintendo right now. If Sony or Nintendo wanted to get into the education market they'd need something like this. And buying into the AmigaOS means they don't have to deal with MS policies. Garry Hare said that companies were a little afraid of Linux due to patent issues(I know they're bunk, but the companies want to play it safe).
So there is my plan to save the Amiga platform and bring it back somewhat to its former heights by around the 2006 timeframe.
Whaddaya think?
