AmigaOne Alive?

[Tomas]

Kernel wrote:
Is there any hope of ever obtaining a new AmigaOne?  What are the best prospects for a new mothetboard?  And how does one get OS4 if they did get a motherboard?

I think your only chance is by buying second hand. The OS4 pre release was bundled with all motherboards, and you also get to download free updates upto and including OS4 final.

[Tomas]

Hyperion was foolish to make it one board specific.

I dont think that decision was made by Hyperion. I believe it is AmigaINC that has stopped OS4 from running on various hardware by demanding people to pay huge amounts for a license. I believe several board manufactor has asked for a license, but they either got zero response from Amiga inc or they werent willing to go with the terms.

[Tomas]

Amiga has stated many times that they are not a hardware company. The PPC decision was made by Hyperion. I don't know about the chipset-specific decision, though it makes sense given the resources required to support multiple chipsets, and Eyetech was the only company to step up and provide hardware.

That is odd, because i can clearly recall that AmigaINC announced the so called zeca specs for the AmigaONE name. Also hyperion was not hired to port the OS before years after the AmigaONE and OS4 was announced. Hyperion didnt have any part in choosing the hardware, as it was all up to Amiga and Eyetech.