by Garrett on 2007/1/22 18:26:29
AINC seems keen on having the Os run exclusivly on Amiga branded hardware. Greed, or quality control?
How about Stupidity? Perhaps a sick and twisted kind of love that only an Amigan can aspire too?
I say neither greed or quality control and here's why...
If it was greed, it wouldn't take even a mediocre businessman long to find out that you can actually make more money by selling something even if it is a worthless pile of crap. Now a really good businessman could even trick you into thinking that it isn't worthless. i.e.
Monopolistic
Software Co.
As far as quality control, it's really hard to believe that the quality of AINC selected hardware (practically prototype) platforms could be significantly better from a quality standpoint than the millions of x86 boards on the market. What was the overall customer satisfaction with the A-One boards?
While many of the new boards such as Efika, Samantha, etc. look very interesting and perhaps will work well in their own right, what is really the commercially viable future (read as "money making future") of any of these boards? What support will there be for any of these boards? Now? Next Year? Ten years from now?
While I advocate and enjoy "niche" software and hardware, it's important to remember that is just what it is. If you are greedy and want lots money then make really spectacular software for the most common platform in the solar system. If you want to make a little money (or perhaps even loose some), but yet get to share in your passion with fellow masochists, then you write really spectacular software for a lesser know platform. If you want "quality" then you spec out hardware that is tried, tested and reproducible at bargain basement prices. If want some thing "cool and out of the ordinary" then you spec out something that's pretty much at a prototype level, tested by about five guys in their garage and damn hard to source parts for even in the beginning (not too mention two years from now).
Now having said all of the above... I too am still hopeful that 2007 could be a good year for us. (EDIT: As misplaced as this hope may be.)
THANK YOU PAPA JAY! KEEP THE FAITH! LONG LIVE AMIGA!
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Regards,
AmigaEd
