Does Hyperion own the rights to OS 3.1, 3.5, 3.9?

[fishy_fiz]

Uh, "native x86 port" is kind of missing the point, when the Amiga has never used x86 in any form. I mean, again, good for them, but that doesn't help anybody with an Amiga. The Amiga 68k port is good news, though; even for those of us not particularily interested in AROS, an open Kickstart would be a huge step towards getting past this stupid corporate pissing contest.

Actually, AROS runs on x86, x86_64 and ppc (sam440ep and efika) natitvely in addition to the various hosted flavors. Also, just because an architecture isnt binary compatible doesnt mean os3.x (or any amiga os system) cant benefit from AROS, it can, and has. The 68k port/kickstart replacement looks very cool though as well and I was pleasantly surprised to see Toni Wilan now working on AROS in lou of this.... AROS Devl-ML has been pretty active in the 68k regards lately, interesting reading

[fishy_fiz]

It isn't binary compatible yet.

Once we can start mixing and matching Aros and OS3.x it will get very interesting.

Actually, I was referring the the x86 version when I say not binary compatible. 68k AROS port isn't even finished yet so it's a bit premature to decide how compatible it is or isnt.

[fishy_fiz]

Well, AROS is certainly a clean-room reimplementation, but AFAIK its currently not binary compatible (even if recompiled in its current state for 68k). Or am I wrong in this?

I cant answer that question accurately (not sure many can), but work on kickstart replacement/68k aros has been powering forward lately,.... the dev-ml has had some interesting reading. If Im not mistaken the bounty ends sometime in December, so it can't be too long until we all find the answer to that question :-) Im sure initially 68k binary compatibilty will be low at best, but given some time it should improve. A nice side effect from this for AROS is that it should help improve api compatibility as well for other architectures. Each to thier own and whatnot, but personally Im quite excited about what the 68k aros/kickstart replacement can bring to the table for not only AROS, but amiga in general.