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Re: What If It Wasn't PPC
« on: November 29, 2008, 06:18:00 PM »
PPC must be saved by all costs! x86 must never win this battle. Never ever! Why? Well, competition is great. I dont want x86 to loose or win neither. Its healthy with competition. But sure, the fact that Apple went over to x86 made PPC weaker. But still Wii, XBOX360 and PS3 uses PPC technology.

Amiga community needs to show the world that PPC is alive! Both AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS are today PPC operating systems. Same with AROS for PPC. PPC is a great place to be for developers. Its not the "commercial" pressure on it as on x86. You also have low focus on viruses and other lamer exterminators!

I wish that more people instead of ditching PPC, start to make it more comfortable for everyone. Its here and we should protect it from Byte Bandits :)


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Re: What If It Wasn't PPC
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2008, 11:13:33 PM »
Its not about PPC beeing any better than ARM or x86. All I say is that Amiga alike operating systems should stay on PPC. In this way AmigaOS 4 or MorphOS can create communities which promotes for what they use to others. On x86 MorphOS or AmigaOS 4 would just vanish into nothing like BeOS.

Amiga doesnt need commercial forces to get known. The scene have served Amiga advert since day one etc.

With a scene and community which Amiga/MorphOS got now. Users get software made with quality in mind and not in commercial share holders minds.

Example to this is AmiNetRadio for MorphOS and AmigaOS 3.x (yes I write in MorphOS favour now as I dont have a AmigaOS 4 machine). This is just awesome piece of software. It competes bravely with iTunes etc. With some adjustments, this piece of software shows how the scene makes the amigaworld go around.

Another one is Titler for MorphOS. Its just awesome to be able to do simple 3D text/obj animations for video. If I wanted such software for Windows or MacOS X I had either to pay a lot or try the endless search engines etc. MorphOS gives the oportunity for the developer to evolve.

I really like to see PPC as an alternative platform. No monopoly is healthy, and thats why we as Amigans should help PPC in right direction. We might not be million users, but look what Amiga have done! Aminet is a proof of that. Its really amazing to see Amiga alive after so many year. Proof is that this is something that should be kept on.


Its night, and Ive seen James Bond at the cinema ;P But my words makes sense somehow. Conclusion is just that PPC is a great alternative to x86. If we loose PPC platform, I just dont want to see the end result. I quit computing stuff then for sure,...!





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Re: What If It Wasn't PPC
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2008, 11:53:54 PM »
OS yes, but for Amiga to survive. A skip over PPC is not a good way to go. Atleast with Amiga on the PPC side. Those companies which tries to do something for the community like Genesi or Acube. They can earn because of this community. They wouldnt had a chance on x86.

You see, OS is not all about OS... its also about making it be alive :)
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