My evening with Commodore USA, LLC

[EDanaII]

an up to date Amiga OS would need billions to make commercially successful... It is as viable as is space elevator.

If I've told you once, I've told you a billion times: don't exaggerate! (And you are exaggerating.)

However, the gist of my argument still isn't they should do an AmigaOS. I'd welcome it if they would, however: if it doesn't have AmigaOS, don't call it Amiga. There are expectations that come with that name that the cannot fulfill, whatever the reason.

Leo said something about still wanting to support AROS(and bounties), so you may yet get your wish.

Which is all some of us are asking.


@ Dammy:

It can't by legal agreement between AI and Hyperion.

All the more reason to leave the name alone, then.

[EDanaII]

@ WolfToTheMoon:

I'm not exaggerating... first you'd have to rewrite the entire OS, because the current ones are stuck in the 90s in basic features. Then you'd have to get hardware manufacturers to write drivers for it. Then you'd have to write some apps, pay other companies to port theirs to your platform. Then you'd have to market it, which alone would cost you a very large amount of money(commercials on TV, newspapers, internet). After all that, you're still a long way of being sure you will succeed in attracting a lrge enough user base. So my billions are spot on the money

Really? So, you know for a fact that they'd rewrite the OS from scratch? You know exactly how many man-hours are required and the salaries of all the people that would be needed? You know exactly what *I* meant when I said "an up-to-date AmigaOS?"

Them's some pretty impressive skills you got there...

Workbench X will be a Amiga OS. It will run on Amigas and it will be produced by Commodore. Thus, it becomes an Amiga OS. Your argument that it will not be related to any of the current amiga like OSes is valid.

"My coke tastes funny!"


@ Dammy:

Yup, AmigaOS will not be used in conjunction with C=USA Amigas.

Not what I mean, Randy, not what I meant.

I've been chatting a little on the side with Tim, I know a little bit about what's going on with that so-called "follow on" OS and I ain't got a problem with it. Even offered to help if I can, but until then -- and assuming what form it finally takes -- C=USA would be wise to stay away from the Amiga brand. It's just gonna explode in their faces, just like New Coke did. MHO, of course.