You Amigans should be happy about this for more reasons than one. Because by solidifying an alternative platform you not only have one more non MS choice but also platform dependencies in things like the Web and file formats will be kept to a minimum allowing the future entry of further alternative platforms.
oh, well, you know, you can see the positive side of anything, if you try hard enough!
But, I would say that it's the proliferation of Firefox and openoffice.org that are ahead of the curve in promoting standards, right now, even a moderately successful alternative web browser or file format that runs on the windows platform, is more of a concern for the developer than if it runs on the Mac platform...its just sheer numbers.
Just as iTunes is relevant because it runs on Windows, and 98% of all quicktime downloads are done by windows users, according to apple.
so, I mean, quite frankly, the mac mini is a great thing that will help with standards proliferation, but then again, the real work in that arena, is, usually always fought on the windows platform itself, even by the most ardent of non-windows companies (like apple)
anyway...I hate to be a naysayer, but I wouldn't hang my hat on a proliferation of standards to help the Amiga in anyway...The amiga isn't positioned to take advantage of this trend, as the amiga isn't a platform based on modern web or file format standards anyway.
