We NEED AmigaOS to go open source

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AROS, as others have said, it the open source Amiga alternative.  It runs on cheap equipment, runs stable classic software, and is in active development.  Check out ICAros, it has most everything you want/need already packaged with it.

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Neither AROS, Morphos nor Hyperion have the legal right to call their computers "Amiga."

OS4.1 is, in the end a dead end path, over priced, under powered computers with gimicky features.  AROS, for all it's faults, is the way forward....

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Amiga Inc could create a PC clone and call it an Amiga.  Then we could run AROS on it.....

Yea.  And vice versa.

I wonder what Amiga Inc. would call their Operating System if they ever did release another one (which they won't).

They can't use AmigaOS, but since they still own the Amiga trademark, I suppose they could call it Amiga X5 or something like that.

Actually, I suppose they could just call it Workbench 5.

Hmmm.....

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WooHoo, my dollar is now worth 93 US cents.  America is great bargain right now.  I know of people that regularly take shopping trips to LA and easily pay for the flight in the savings.

Is this an anomaly?  What's up with America?  For the first time in history our average wages are almost half again what America's are.  I used to dream about moving to America and earning some big cash, now I couldn't afford the pay cut....

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Well the bounty system is skewed in favour of those with money.  Anyone who can throw a thousand euros on an underpowered embedded board can certain afford to donate more to bounties.

Also sharing goes only one way, AROS puts stuff in the public domain whilst the others don't, so everyone benefits from AROS development but only the elites benefit from OS 4.1 development....

MorphOS is overpriced for US but runs on fastest CURRENTLY AVAILABLE computers, AmigaOS 4.x is priced comparably to big OSes but needs updating  and runs only on expensive hardware,AROS has modest number of vocal supporters who apparently don't contribute enough funding to project to attract more talented programmers,......it looks to me if you want to run Amiga on PC ,then you just need to BUY Cloanto's Amiga Forever,which is very reasonably priced ,runs fast on PC hardware and even comes with classic games!

For what its worth,I have made small  monetary contributions to (($10,I think) to Aros,Amiga Sys even though i don't use them,and have purchased  several AF so can run on laptop and desktop legally.And it makes me feel supportive of  overall Amiga scene.
I worry some want open or whatever only  for free,but someone always has to expend effort and deserves rewards.