Even so, what have AInc done then?
At least Hyperion developed something...
Ever heard the phrase "there are worse things than death"? Amiga (not the company but the computer, it's reputation, and it's legacy) suffer at the hands of both AInc. and Hyperion.
I agree that Hyperion isn't as holy as some people think but at least they know what they're doing. For them it's about business not charity.
You've got that completely backwards. How much money do you think Hyperion has made off of OS4 these past six years? Hyperion has made it clear that they wasted a lot of money on OS4 development, and meantime they dropped their game rehashing business to focus primarily on OS4. I don't know what school of finance you subscribe to, but six years in the red isn't an indication that they know what they are doing business-wise.
OS4, provided it ever does ship, *is* charity - for those who want OS4 anyway.