Amount of MorphOS copies sold

[hooligan]

That's your guess. Okay. Let's look at it another way. How active are the following forums:
http://www.amigans.net/
http://www.morphzone.org/modules/news/
http://aros-exec.org/

At the time of writing, 7 topics on amigans.net had posts from 'Today', 2 topics from morphzone.org had posts from '11-03-2012' (today's date), and 9 topics from aros-exec.org had posts from 'Today'. Your definition of active users may be different from mine, but seems unlikely to me that MorphOS users are that much quieter/less opinionated than OS4 and AROS users, seems much more likely to me that there are just fewer users who are actively involved with MorphOS. YMMV.

Morphzone is clearly a technical forum, we don't have silly threads whether to vote for pancakes or not. Certainly not suitable to use as a measurestick for any kind of guess how active MorphOS users are.

[hooligan]

@hooligan
Oh sure, morphzone.org is full of productive threads, like a 28 page thread slagging off the X1000. Yes, you're all so superior...

Notice that the thread is at General Discussion which is exactly the correct place for this kind of blahblah-bs.

[hooligan]

@TMHG

Grunch ftw ;-)

[hooligan]

Most of the software you mention are available for all platforms so they make no difference. What software is only available for MorphOS and not on Aminet?

Not a lot but I understand his point, I myself quite rarely download from Aminet, I use Grunch or developers homepage. Aminet is a valuable source for software though and wish it will continue as long as possible.

[hooligan]

So your claim that morphzone.org is somehow full of superior discussions is slightly dubious, it's very comparable to both AROS-Exec.org and Amigans.net.

Hooligan wanted to make out that you had a better quality of discussion than found elsewhere,

Do not put words into my mouth. I have never ever told the discussions are of better quality than elsewhere.  

You understand TMHG's point, but I hope you also understand that it wasn't relevant. Olaf was using Aminet software uploads as a measure of the amount of new software available, not to measure downloads

My mistake then sorry, a languagebarrier or result of poor quick reading.

[hooligan]

@HenryCase

I meant the threads are usually only MorphOS related, not much about anything else. It was a surprise to find a thread about Sonys new monitor one morning, off topics like that does not occur very often.

[hooligan]

I remember running Dpaint and PPaint on my old (1.3 or 1.4) MOS. PPaint needed some tinkering in config though.

BTW Once there was a deal between Cloanto and Genesi for new version of PPaint for MorphOS.. of course that never realised like so many other good things.

[hooligan]

of course there is a lot of morphos users. when you have to get a new registration for each new mac you have if you want to use morphos. so these morphos users have a lot of old macs laying around the house for each morphos upgrade(maybe also include the pegasus1&2 from way back). the true numbers of active users (not people that just want to test and then forget about morphos) is more likely around 100 or less totally.

That is your offer to this discussion, really? :insane:

[hooligan]

But does it have 'double the users of OS4 and AROS combined'? That is what is being debated.

After long time analyzing this, thinking it through.. I have found the answer. The answer is.. "no-one knows". Hallelujah!

[hooligan]

Exactly!!! That's the point I have been trying to make the whole time!!!

I know. Just wanted to shorten hundreds of posts into one line.

[hooligan]

@Wawrzon

Yes yes I know, tongue in cheek

[hooligan]

@AmigaDave

I don't remember if I told this here or at mz.org before but I repeat myself: why would any sane person give a flying f about some individuals loud opinions? I would sort of understand if some people avoid certain operating system due to incidences like for example the Bill Buck-show many years back, but not when it's just a normal user shouting out loud.

This ain't North Korea, one can actually utilise their brain.

[hooligan]

@hooligan
It's not a single individual!

Individual, individuals. Doesn't matter.

If 10 Audi fans tell you Mercedes Benz is crap will you base your carpurchase upon their opinion or your own?
If 10 Mac fans tell you Mac laptop is the best thing since sliced bread will you base your laptop purchase upon their opinion or your own?
if 10 vegetarians tell you meat is bad and you should drop it will you base your future eatinghabit based on their or your own opinion?

In all examples above any sane person would ignore the ten people and make up their own minds.


I don't know if I look at this from a bit different point of view than some others.... I have gone through it all.. Spectrum vs C64 (those dozens of c64 trolls never made me switch from Speccy btw! :-) , Amiga vs Atari.. Amiga vs Pc.. AmigaOS vs MorphOS... and so on.

[hooligan]

@Duce

I agree with you, but we are talking about your hobby. Nothing more, nothing less. It's not the most important thing in your life, it doesn't have to be taken seriously.. it shouldn't be taken seriously. Let the dogs bark and enjoy your own ride, which ever road you chose.

[hooligan]

@Dr.Hirudo

Do you believe that every AmigaOS 4 user on earth (including those who don't use their Amigas for browsing) downloaded it?

(if the above question was targeted at me)

No. The whole discussion about amount of active users is absurd.