Thomas Richter stands down, current programs in utero

[KennyR]

Considering the sheer amount of work Thor put into some of his stuff (VincEd has a 600k guide alone), I doubt very much anyone can step in and take over his projects.

There goes another one of our best. :-(

[KennyR]

With skillz like that Thomas would definately be an asset to MorphOS application development.

I don't think Thor has ever been interested in MOS. Come to think of it, I don't know if he's ever been interested in OS4 either. Considering the amount of fud and stupidity either camp having been displaying over the past couple of years, I can't say I blame him either.

[KennyR]

Darth_X, according to many Ann.lu posts, Thomas was involved in OS4 development. Such as this one:

Ben Hermans/Hyperion wrote on 22-Nov-2002 12:55:18:

You do know this was irony right? If you really want the answer to that, I would suggest e-mailing one of the following OS 4 developers: Olaf Barthel, Thomas Richter or Stephan Rupprecht.

I have no idea whether Thor actually was part of the OS4 team proper or whether many thought he was because he offered his stuff to become part of OS4. No doubt people will jump to conclusions, but I personally genuinely think he's leaving Amiga coding because his Amiga is broken and it's too impractical to get another.

Here's another, in case anyone thinks that's a one-off:

Ben Hermans/Hyperion wrote on 30-Sep-2002 13:10:22:

I have faith in people like the Friedens and the rest of Hyperion, Olaf Barthel, Thomas Richter, Jörg Strohmayer, Massimo Tantignone, Stephan Rupprecht, Stefan Robl, DEtlef Wärkner, the P96 team etc.

Notice the timely use of etc. :-D

[KennyR]

To give up on coding AmigaOS4 because of a computer going down is plain idiotic.. there is more to it than that. How about breach of contract?

That would imply that Thor was a paid member of the OS4 development team. I see no evidence to say that he was.

I think he was just helping out for a bit, not an official developer...both Bill and Ben tend to get a bit vocal when mentioning their developers. Makes their development teams look less pathetic.

[KennyR]

Mr_Capehill, both OS have only a handful of (core) developers. They may be the cream of Amiga coders, but there aren't many - maybe less than 5 each way. This, in modern terms, is pathetic.

Impressive would be a pool of 30 professional full time core coders. Even more impressive would be 100.

Edit: Can you imagine how the MOS camp would respond if Ben said: "Three people develop OS4"? I can. That's why he doesn't.