Its why I eneded up on MorphOS. I couldn't try out AmigaOS4 , no demo , no hardware to run it on.
From the continued support, free upgrades, and the fact from what I have read of AOS4, MorphOs is miles ahead of it feature wise, I am glad that they have got the sense to have a demo version.
I can not see an argument for not having a demo version.
As far as I know no one has cracked/hacked MorphOS to beat the 30 min limint on the demo, so I don't see piracy as reasons for the other camp not to go with a demo.
Or are they ashamed for people to try before they buy?
A demo doesn't make much sense when you have to go out and buy/own specific hardware to run it on in the first place.
I can't see anyone going out and buying a Sam/AmigaONE and then wanting to try out the OS before making their mind up to spend the £100 on OS4.