1) If MOS is an excellent product why would you wait? Sure, they may say "wait one month" but we all know how long an Amiga month is (usually ends up being infinity).
Yes, but I can wait a few month more. If we havnt seen any progress on AO4 in Q2 2003 then Ill go MOS (If its release in a non beta version).
2) I think most people will buy whichever product is stable first. Anyway the APIs will be similar or identical for the most part so I doubt this will be a problem, software developers want to sell the most titles.
Yes, you "think". I want to know. Therefore I'll wait to see which of the platforms that will be the most popular.
3) BETATESTERII isn't "secret". You don't have to sign an NDA or any other such restriction. Is I understand it, it's just like buying the end product, only earlier. You buy the product from a distributor and you can do whatever you want with it.
No, it is not "buying the end product only earlier". I have been in contact with several people that has bought the Pegasos + MOS 1.0 without NDA. They are all very impressed with the speed and the OS but they also complained about stability and other kinds of troubles. This might be hardware troubles like crapy memory, or bugs in MOS, but the point I am trying to make is that I will not buy a platform that still is called "BETA" by the manufacturer. I think, by calling it "BETA", THENDIC admits that their product isnt good enough to be called "FINAL".
Also, before I buy a product I want to have, on a piece of paper, what features the product has. I know, I can ask a betatester, but I want to have this paper to know what THENDIC promise me. If they havent said anything about its feature I cant complain if something doesnt work the way I think it should.
Who would buy a car without knowing anything about its engine? Can you then complain if it turns out that it only has 15 horsepowers instead of 150?
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