There are no more Amigas, I don't want a new Amiga (unless it's cheaper and better than what everyone else on the consumer hardware market can come up with, although this won't/can't happen, but even then I'd like options). I want to buy AmigaOS. Who sells me what hardware is none of the software producers' concern.
Now we are at the heart of the matter, right?
Sorry, but that doesn't work that way. The prerequisite for starting the project was an officially branded Amiga hardware, not the vague hope that sometime somewhere an affordable PowerPC hardware could have been found.
You are right, Hyperion/Eyetech/Amiga cannot be compared to Apple.
For a small company like Amiga or Hyperion, it is *impossible* to support a wide range, so you
have to restrict this to a set of hardware where you actually can guarantee support. If something goes wrong, you aren't likely to get support from your hypothetical hardware vendor, because they will say "What's an Omega?". You will turn to Hyperion/AmigaInc.
You will expect
us to fix your problem. You have paid money, so you won't accept a "sorry we can't help you" or "we told you so".
With officially branded hardware, part of the support (the hardware specific support) can be handled by the hardware manufacturer, while other issues will be handled by AmigaInc/Hyperion.
This
can only be achived with a licencing scheme with officially branded hardware. If you think that this will work any other way, you should spend one week in the support department and see for yourself.
