AmigaOS 4.0 for Classic has gone Gold!

[bhoggett]

Usually, going "Gold" means you have reached a certain number of sold units (half a million?).

In AmigaLand, it means announcing that your product is nearly released.  :roll:

(Yes, I know about the so-called "Gold Master", but I'm not aware of anyone else announcing making one. Most people just announce the release.)


As for the actual product itself, excuse me if I don't wet my pants in excitement. Five years ago it might have mattered, but now?...

Actually, it might have bumped up the ridiculously inflated value of my mothballed A4000, assuming it still works, but aside from that it doesn't really matter in the greater scheme of things any more, which is meagre return for six years of promises and aloof arrogance from the Hyperion boys.

I can't believe people are having a court case over something that simply doesn't matter any more.
 :-?

[bhoggett]

I am genuinely surprised and disappointed at some of the negative comments regarding this release.

I think it's a question of realism. If you've been living under a rock for the past decade and still think Amigas are the be all and end all of one's computing experience, then this is exciting news. If you haven't, you know it's too little, and far, far too late.

Also, I'm certain there are many more PPCs out there than some people seem to think.

Maybe, but most will be like mine: mothballed several years ago, when it outlived its usefulness and became too flaky and expensive to maintain to warrant further effort. Any money I'd spend on software for it now would be like throwing it off the top of a tower block and hoping some of it might float back to me on the wind, because the hardware is likely to keel over and die at any time even in the event that it still works now - and when it dies, it's a nightmare and an absolute fortune to replace, not to mention that you're likely to be facing extensive downtime in the process.

It just doesn't make much sense. If you want to buy it for ideological reasons, that's great, but from a practical standpoint it's a bit of a stillborn baby.

Hyperion made stupid commercial decisions all the way down the line and lost, end of story. The Amiga's last stand is over with the predictable result.