New Hyperion Entertainment Website http://a-eon.com/ - The Mystery Continues

[jorkany]

I find this piece of news interesting and we should be happy...no?

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm happy! Like I read in another post not too long ago, it's like watching a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.

[jorkany]

Aiming at the professional market first is a smart move imo. It will ensure a backbone for further development. And I don't mind having to wait if it turns out to be too far out of my reach price-wise.

The professional OS4 market?

[jorkany]

Maybe not now. But there is a potential market to tap into. Id seriously concider acquiring one to aid in, for example, film making if I could for instance make it control camera movements with that Xmos thingy.

And you would buy this over other products which do the same thing because...?

[jorkany]

Oh God... I cannot believe the negativity. One just can not win. OS 4 wasnt good enough, neither was SAM, and now... Oh, well.

Negative? Hardly! In fact I'm thinking about ordering one of these XMOS development boards - for $99:

https://www.xmos.com/products/development-kits/xc-1-development-kit

Provided the free development tools and software emulator prove interesting, of course.

[jorkany]

yes your right on that point, not until the OS4 Community write something worth having, will OS4 grow but Linux didn't have many folk either until LAMP wiped its feet.  MacOS didn't get going until DTP came through the door. Windows didn't get going until Word went GUI and DOS didn't get going until Wordstar, DB2 and Supercalc walked along. Amiga didn't get going until the graphics/sound were realised and the Lemmings dived off cliffs. The list goes on. CP/M didn't get going until MultiCalc......

It's been about six years. Nothing is coming.

[jorkany]

It's all up to personal preference. I'll choose to use AmigaOS when the X1000 comes out because I believe in the OS.

If you've gone this long without picking up an A1 or a SAM, you won't get an X1000 either.

Pull the other leg, it's got bells on it!

[jorkany]

Somebody explain what a low powered embedded system can do for me?  Why would I want one?  What can it do better than a regular desktop PC?

Well, one might say that you simply don't have a creative mind and can't see the possibilities. However, given the amount of innovation coming out of the OS4 community over the last six years, I would hope that people who live in glass houses don't throw rocks.