Motorollin's "Future of the Amiga" thread

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Motorollin

I think in the clear and concise, what you have said is prolly the best option.  

My cheesy research into alternative's to Windows has turned up all kinds of OS platforms.  They all suffer from the same eventual fate:  Most of the end user class is stuck on x86 and Windows enviroments.  Anything else is alien and foreign to them and they will not touch.  Microsoft has a stranglehold on the end user class.  I was in this frame of mind til I began reading on Vista.  The thought of Linux anything scared me to death.  

So there you go.  Microsoft has effectively won the war of the OSes and platforms to run on.

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Let's assume for a moment that Amiga Inc does not exist.

If you have, say Amiga OS4, have it so it works on x86 platforms, then you can do 2 things.

1.  Offer the OS with or without a bundle of programs for a reasonable price.

2.  Get with a company such as Acer that produces reasonably priced desktops and off the AmigaOS with or without bundle.

This could be done with AROS as well in my book.  It would allow for ease of getting people to learn and see and keep the x86 hardware they have.  Marketing of course would be a key.

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Then you need to have companies developing software for OS4..now that the OS and hardware is out we'll need software. So how to convince big companies to develop something for your operating system?  I dont think it will happen.   Linux kicks AOS4/MOS butt and they are just starting to get mainstream apps but most is from the community.  People porting software to Linux..  thats the way it will be for OS4/MOS for quite some time.[/quote]

You are right.  It would take companies or a community to develop.  There is prolly a senario where both could work together.  I know it would not be easy.  but if there was only a way.

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I was using Acer as an example only.  i had not thought through the idea fully as of yet.  First thing that came to mind.