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Re: How much would it cost to port AmigaOS to x64?
« on: March 31, 2012, 06:55:09 AM »
Shouldnt cost more than maybe $10k, and theoretically less.
AROS was ported to x86-64 by one person in a few months for only a couple of thousand. The same person also ported it to ppc, along with drivers, again in a few months for about $4k (iirc).
People seem to vastly over estimate the cost of these things. Porting to another architecture is a different kettle of fish than developing from scratch. The majority of the work is already done.
« Last Edit: March 31, 2012, 10:48:18 AM by fishy_fiz »
Near as I can tell this is where I write something under the guise of being innocuous, but really its a pot shot at another persons/peoples choice of Amiga based systems. Unfortunately only I cant see how transparent and petty it makes me look.