Interview with Ben Hermans

[MarkTime]

AmigaOS XL
 Amithlon
 MorphOS

All could have been the direction a new AmigaOS could have taken.  We could have done a QNX based solution, with initially the os running in emulation but with native extensions.  Amithlon did the same thing with Linux, and many native extensions were developed.

MorphOS was/IS a powerpc solution and it shipped last year.

Amiga, Inc. chose Hyperion's solution, of the four choices Amiga had--they chose the one solution that didn't ship.  The other 3 shipped.

Thats not just an unlucky coincidence.  Hyperion didn't ship because its not their main business, they aren't particularly concerned when it ships, and they feel the market is captive.

If hyperion felt the pressure they would have shipped, or we would have a non-hyperion solution in place....one or the other.

At no time was this market really dependent on hyperion...and all this 'we're not worthy, we're not worth---mistreat us some more dear hyperion'---talk, its sad.

I've thought about it...yes I am glad they felt enough pressure to actually get down from their high horse long enough to speak....but thats not good enough.

If hyperion was the amiga community, I would be gone in a flash....luckily they are just one small part of a much bigger community, and I can still find creative people amongst those not waiting on hyperions sales pitch.

I don't think this is as simple as two 'sides', but if there were only two sides, I'd rather be with the side of 'creative individuals who produce', than on the side, of 'the patient who wait.'

[MarkTime]

Heck, I've never seen MorphOS in my life....this isn't a morphOS is better thread.

My point is simply this, Hyperion hasn't done a good job by any measure I'm aware of...., they haven't even done the 'best we could hope for under the circumstances job'.

Another company could have done more, in less time, and there were many other companies hoping to do this job.  Hyperion must have had the best sales pitch, Amiga Inc. bought into it, but it hasn't delivered much in the way of OS 4 sales....thats for sure.

We won't ever have the opportunity to directly compare Hyperion's Amiga OS 4, with a theoretical another-path-taken Amiga OS 4...its all theory and speculation.

But while we are reminding everyone that Microsoft was  year late with Windows 95....lets not also forget that most companies are not late all the time...being late is still considered the 'bad thing' to do, not a 'good thing'.  

It doesn't mean bugs are being worked out, Hyperion has yet to guarantee a bug free product, nor will they.
Nor can I believe its a long beta testing cycle, when they are still adding features at this late date, and the emu hasn't even been integrated yet, and everyone on both sides, a lot of testing can only start after that is complete...so its not a super long testing cycle, and we all know it...

Its just they didn't have the resources to deliver the product in the time they promised.

And thats not a GOOD thing...its a bad thing.