Can there be room for another system?

[recidivist]

 Any new computing solution is going to surprise us all,I think.

 Historically every new tchnology has many people starting new companies or divisions to produce  their version of the new wonder. At one time  the U.S. had over a hundred automobile makers,then a couple dozen,then only a handful. Likewise home  computers began with tinkerers then dozens of companies ,each promoting similar but incompatible hardware/software. Several early platforms of great technical merit fell through poor marketing or management  blunders.

 Ultimately,every product category,from automobiles to clothing, seems to mature with several huge companies dominating that market for mass production with numerous specialty companies serving those who want that item/product in a special regional/low-fat/high-performance/customized/personalized/organic/ or in some other way different version.Think boutique  or niche markets

 Seldom does the mass market item embody the characteristics  valued by enthusiasts.

 I can't see how the Amiga or AmigaOS will ever be other than a niche market especially in view of the decisions by every company that has held the commercial rights.All the wounds to Amiga have been self-inflicted.It really deserves a chapter in "Out of the Jaws of Victory".

[recidivist]

 Based on the analysis that a huge percentage of the internet traffic is porn related,and that much of the graphics are for that and advertising,on the history of photobraphy being used for naughty French cards very early,I make the prediction/observation:

 

  The porn/sex industry are already trying to build a REALLY personal robot(android) that will use lots of computing power for speech interaction and mimicing intimate behavior. It has been reported  quite a while ago that certain Japanese were entirely too involved with an on-screen computer "girl".a 3D model would find buyers.I KNOW its sick but people already do/buy a lot of sick stuff.
  Banks and other service businesses would love a worker that never argues and always does as told.Just a step up? from telephone voice mail!

 Of course this is not a new idea;like the raygun ,atom bombs,etc. there have been such devices?/creatures? in science fiction for years.