Now might be a good time to reflect on how we got here. First there was the myth about custom chip design (Jeff Schindler privately admitted the real issue: they lost the needed schemas and were ill-equipped to start from scratch). Once we were forced to create a more generic form of the OS, we ended up dilluting our efforts.
Then there was the questionable Jim Collas Linux diversion. Nice idea if he could promise Amiga compatibility too. Ted @ Gatesway didn't want any of it.
But most of all, how can we forget Bill and Fleecy?
Or should I say, "forgive"?
What have they accomplished in these past years? Do we even know who is actually running Amiga Inc now? Is it just a web site and the guys actually "work" in a basement? Nobody knows, since they actively avoid the limelight. Anybody checked the whois info for amiga.com lately? Bill and Fleecy have been a mistake, and I'm still amazed that anybody bought into any of the things they said. They would have to pull a real Amiga out of their hats to get back in the good graces of the community they rely on by way of a stranglehold on the Amiga's OS. It reminds me a bit of patent trolls.
