Ben Hermans still staunchly against x86

[Amiga_Nut]

Trouble is AROS is FREE and OS4 for x86 would cost money. How many units would Hyperion need to ship @ 75 bucks per licence to cover the development costs of going from PPC to x86 native code?

I think that's where the sums fall down, AROS is a labour of love not a business and that is probably why it has survived and got so far to date.

[Amiga_Nut]

I think the publicity of Commodore USA was more down to the word Amiga than OS4. And the utter BS from MR BS Altman over making new Amiga PCs

[Amiga_Nut]

Ive seen blizzard PPC cards and A4000Ts go for 600 dollars on multiple occasions.

PPC cards in the EU go for 300-400 bucks so that's 500-700 dollars for the PPC cards alone. Maybe the real answer for OS4 increased user numbers is a new PPC board for A1200s and some tower cases. At least then it is a real Amiga + extras.  How much is a 604 PPC CPU in bulk alone though?

As to others, OS4 is an alternative to Windows, as is Linux and OS X. Choice is a good thing. The problem has always been value for money hardware to run the damned thing on!