jarrody2k wrote:
But I digress. What is more interesting is the public evaluation of the worth of Amiga technologies. Clearly a lot of people base their evaluations that profits will only come from the existing base of Amiga enthusiasts. Perhaps there are opportunities waiting to be exposed in the private sector? Perhaps we are being narrow-minded?
I rather doubt it. AmigaOS has been allowed to more or less stagnate over the past 5 years. With only basic memory protection, its only saving grace in the increasingly networked world we live in is its obscurity.
The total market for AmigaOS right now is the retrocomputing market. There are much more modern operating systems out there, including Linux which can be downloaded for free, which are much better choices for desktop and embedded applications.
From what I've read, MorphOS is at least a step in the right direction with their "Q-Box", but that's not an Amiga property. Even there, how many MorphOS users are out there?
I hesitate to put a dollar figure on Amiga's assets because I don't know everything they own. But let's just say I see little value in the company beyond the name, and even that is of limited value these days.
