Genesi now listed as IBM Partner on IBM's site

[AmigaMac]

BBRV,

Good stuff... I'm glad to see things are working out for Genesi and also congrats on Genesi-USA opening doors it's in Nevada.  Let's hope we'll see some Pegasos machines widely available in computer/electronics stores in the not too distant future.

[AmigaMac]

n the x86 world (the 90% of the remaining 90%), no-one owns the hardware (that's why it's so cheap!) or the software (Microsoft owns the OS, but they don't have any restrictions on how ppl use it, so unless you care about messing with it, it might as well be open).

Microsoft has more control than one might think.  They have their own lock-in mechanisms such as Windows/MS Office.  The masses is afraid to leave Wintel because they're afraid that they'll be somehow incompatible or inconsistant with the rest  (or 90%) of the computing world.  The PC is not as open as one would assume when Microsoft controls the software space with its monopoly.  

I hope that Genesi and Amiga Inc. can topple this problem.  It would be great to go to the local computer/electronic store and browse through different variants of computer platforms (beyond Windows PCs and Macintoshes).  It will be good to see Amigas (Pegasos included) and even Linux PCs sitting in showrooms along side the former to give us a real choice for once!