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[hbarcellos]

I think you should ALSO target a more mainstream platform like iOS, Android or the upcoming WinMo 7.5 Mango. Revenue generated by those ports could easily keep up the hobby business up and running. There are several SDKs, like Cocos2D which you can use to develop.
One of the guys who founded TouchArcade is an ex-Amiga user that's still around here (forum). I'm pretty sure he would help you to promote some of the apps. Specially if you launch 2 separate versions: Classic Amiga and iOS at the same time...

This guy -> http://www.amiga.org/forums/member.php?u=1774

[hbarcellos]

I must say that nowadays I hate Google more than Microsoft and Apple. I bet that in two years Microsoft will be back ahead. Jobs will die before OSX is unified with iOS and they can't keep up the innovation pace without him. Google after Eric Schmidt is completely LOST. Larry Page is just too small for the CEO position.
Windows 8 and the integration between tablet and a regular PC is the way to go. "Tablets are PCs" and "Phones are phones". (even Apple is now moving to that)

Cross Developing for both a mainstream platform and a hobbyist platform is probably the BEST (not the only) way to keep you motivated.

[hbarcellos]

@hbarcellos and dreamcast270mhz

Let's try to keep this on-topic here.  Take your MS vs. Google vs. Apple flamefests to a different thread.

Well, the real point is: How to sustain development for a platform with just a few users.
We're all very excited to see Cammy's efforts on that, but, I think we all know that those projects rarely last more than a few months of excitement.

[hbarcellos]

No. Tablets are a dead end; they don't have the ultra-portability of smartphones and they don't have the capability or the keyboard of a netbook or laptop. The whole "tablets will replace PCs" thing is a Wired pipe-dream and a marketing scam, and won't last when the initial infatuation is over.

You just said exactly Microsoft's point on that.
Tablets are just fine to read e-mail on the couch or watch videos. But if your boss send you a spreadsheet with your company's P&L asking for an adjustment you'll not do it on the tablet. It's simple not quick and accurate enough.
M$ says that, you'll drag the "classic" windows environment from the left (see video), put your Windows 8 tablet on the stand and start using it with your wireless keyboard and mouse as a regular PC.
Check the Windows 8 video...

Maybe we should start a thread on that...

[hbarcellos]

Or, you know, you could either not start work on the tablet to begin with, or use a laptop or netbook (my Eee is every bit as portable and couch-friendly as anybody's slab.)

Focusing only on the "couch-friendly" experience: The world disagrees with your opinion. Right or Wrong is subjective here and pretty much 99% of regular people prefer tablets for the couch experience. They don't want to run WinUAE or start Directory Opus, they just want to browse the web, read e-mails, pinch to zoom on photos and play angry birds.
For the rest of us (me and you included) a regular notebook is just perfect!
M$ wants (and will) create an unique device that acts like a tablet on the couch and instantly transforms into a desktop simple by putting it into a stand. Plus: runs any Windows software, WinUAE included.

The Windows 8 video is another example of how Microsoft's marketing division has no connection to the way real people think, speak, or act, like that nightmarish "Windows 7 launch party" video where a bunch of actors try to be cheery but come off like they're being forced to play-act The Brady Bunch while being held at gunpoint by unfathomable space-beings from the beyond.

They're like WOZ. Only Apple has Steve Jobs. No HYPE/Religion included.

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