Hyperion bankrupt?

[Manu]

That's your opinion.  Many would disagree.  
The reason I didn't buy a cheap PC to run Linux is because I don't want to run Linux, I want to run OS4 so that is the selling point that counts.

And in this sick community you could have a computer locked in a black box running OS4 and they couldn't tell a difference from a X1000 running OS4, but the moment you tell them it's in fact a Pentium IV running the x86 version of OS4 (made that up of course) they'd run away screaming and never come back. That's what's so sick about this PPC worshiping community.

[Manu]

Not at all.
Frankly, were it possible, I'd like to see the moon fall on Ben.
However, this doesn't affect the fact that this legal proceeding is not significant.

AND, their are a few OS4 developers I actually like (even if they are using/developing the worse of the NG alternatives).

How can you be so sure it's not significant. Do you have some inside information we don't have ?

[Manu]

That's pretty close what actually happened in the late 90's. Amiga Inc. approached the MorphOS developers to ask them about making their OS the new AmigaOS. They talked about it, got a contract they couldn't agree on and Amiga Inc. found Hyperion instead. So if things had been a little different, we would all have used MorphOS as AmigaOS today. Makes you think, doesn't it

Absolutely, many whine about being 3 NG OS's. Well this is what happened and there's no going back, maybe the biggest reason we ended up in this mess is Hyperion so maybe they deserve a bankruptcy after all these years, you can't honestly say they've run their business with success. If they stayed away maybe the real AmigaOS that became MorphOS could have come to an agreement at a later negotiations and we wouldn't even know of this split.

Less and less people buy into OS4 and when asked for reasons why they blame it on the other NG OS'es but fail to see that in year 2015 people can't justify 3000 euros for average computer hardware so the user base can only shrink. It has became a rich mans hobby.

[Manu]

name five.


at least 200 people disagree. and the X1000 isn't 3000EUR. oh, and for the record, i bought my first system for less than $600. my next machine was only $400. that may be expensive in your eyes, but it wasn't in mine. please don't take your feelings, project them on everyone else, and then draw false conclusions.

-- eliyahu

Oh yes for the record it's €2,826.25 add to that some shipping and maybe 2 GB ram + keyb/mouse and you're damn close. So good if you got a system for $600 I bet it's not preforming anywhere near X1000 either. But I see a point in selling a system for 600 if it's a reasonable machine and not dog slow, but I see no reason whatsoever to promote a path where users are going to cough up money in the thousands for every new generation of boards, I bet the next generation  isn't going to be sold under 3000 either. What kind of business is that ? I thought the plan for AmigaOS was to grow not to make some special club where wealthy people thrive.

[Manu]

This is one person's opinion, but not so rich men spend 3 grand on gaming rigs to squeak an extra frame per second out of a game all the time; so the Amiga should be the hobby of only the poor, the uneducated, the huddled masses?

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It sure is my opinion and it's not going to change in the near future either.

[Manu]

AOS is not only for the rich, come on, come up with a better excuse.

Excuse for what? I need no excuse I'm done with it been done with it since 2005

[Manu]

And it is my money and I will spend it any way I want; and that is my opinion.

Welcome to the rich mans club then.

[Manu]

Is that a Ford Granada ?

[Manu]

Why are you people hijacking this thread with stupid car comments and why are the mods allowing it? wtf?

Bring something to the discussion then instead of making stupid comments about stupid car comments. I thought most of the discussion was over and we were in wait and see mode here.

[Manu]

i have tried aros, but it is not true amigaos.

roflol!!!!